About Us
Simulectics Radio is a premier digital broadcast platform dedicated to the rigorous exploration of computing systems, architectures, and the fundamental principles shaping computational reality. Through technical yet accessible discourse, we examine the layers of abstraction from silicon to software, exploring how computation actually works beneath the abstractions. Our programming features deep-dive dialogues with systems architects, chip designers, compiler writers, and researchers pushing the boundaries of what machines can compute.
Hosts
Dr. Sam Dietrich
A former semiconductor process engineer at Intel, Dietrich spent fifteen years in fab optimization before transitioning to systems architecture consulting. He holds a doctorate in Electrical Engineering with a focus on processor microarchitecture and has published extensively on the physics of transistor scaling. He approaches computing from the bottom up, always grounding discussions in physical constraints.
Kara Rousseau
Rousseau is a former distributed systems engineer who worked on large-scale infrastructure at Google and later led compiler optimization teams. She transitioned to technical writing and research, focusing on the conceptual models underlying modern computing. She thinks about computation as abstraction management—how we build reliable systems from unreliable components through layers of careful design.