Parker and Stephen discuss a recent news story about how car manufacturers are increasing their focus on Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs) which are cars that use more software instead of physical components to control vehicle functions. This prompted a comparison between SDVs and Drive-by-Wire or DbW technology in the automotive industry, which is the use of electronic or electro-mechanical systems in place of mechanical linkages that control driving functions, how DbW relates to Fly-by-Wire tech and the fate of the F-117 Nighthawk, how Marvell Semiconductor is working on technology, particularly Ethernet, to support this change to SDWs, plus we get a brewery project update from Stephen, and much more!

Relevant links:

• Marvell Sees Software-Defined Vehicle Readiness Near at Hand
• Circuit Break Podcast #65: Self Driving Cars With Josh Hartung From Polysync
• Circuit Break Podcast #396: PoE - Phantom over Ethernet
• Circuit Break Podcast #107: Orthogonal for Mutual Conductance
• Circuit Break Podcast #229: Get Cute This Weekend

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