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Putin’s Brainstorm: Artificial Ignorance
Our resident humorist’s decidedly different take on technology and the weapons of war.
‘Labs vs. Fabs’: It’s Decision Time for CHIPS Act Negotiators
“Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America” earmarks billions for manufacturing and research. As lawmakers square off on how to spend the funds, the supply chain hangs in the balance.
Infrastructure Funds Target Supply Chain Rebuild
With programs awash in funding, the big test for coordinators is ensuring state and local governments execute on infrastructure projects needed to rebuild supply chains.
Is Haviv Ilan Set to Succeed Templeton as TI’s CEO?
Richard Templeton’s successor must decide between maintaining the status quo or expanding TI’s portfolio.
L3 Cars: Unsafe at Any Speed?
Conditional automated driving is a technical breakthrough that carmakers are proud of. But is it safe?
Let Go of the Wheel, But Watch Your Back
Hands-free driving efforts expose the paradoxes of automation.
In Praise of a NATO-Like Semiconductor Alliance
Coordinating the capabilities and investments of an East Asian-European-American triumvirate is touted as a way to fix a disjointed global semiconductor supply chain.
Fostering Digital Entrepreneurship in Africa
African entrepreneurship is being redefined to include investors, female entrepreneurs and tech ecosystems.
Semiconductor Purchase Obligations Surge in Length, Cost, Complexity, and Risk
Everyone who can afford it is signing extended pay-to-play commitments with draconian terms, widening the sourcing gap and evoking the specter of past shortages and gluts.
Wanted: A New Order in the Auto Supply Chain
Players in the automotive supply chains — now increasingly divided, not united — no longer know where they stand in relation to each other.
Laser-Cutting the Cost of Silicon Carbide Wafers
Startup Halo Industries is among a growing list of companies seeking to boost SiC wafer yields with laser tools.
Valeo Sits Atop Lidar Market – So Far
Startups tout whizzy technologies, but they lack the ability that automotive OEMs demand to industrialize, verify and validate their products.
China Crash Shrouded in Mystery
Airline crash investigations are laborious and detailed. The latest could be even more so.
AMD/Xilinx: Chipmakers Bulk Up as AIoT Cycle Heats Up
AMD’s acquisition of Xilinx ushers in a new era of technology integration and stiffer competition among chip vendors.
Nvidia’s Automotive Playbook: Hyperion 9, Drive Map, Omniverse
A new sensor suite, more computing horsepower and mapping software are among the key components of an expanding AV ecosystem.
AMD/Xilinx Automotive Chips Must Go Beyond FPGAs
AMD needs an auto semiconductor road map that tightly integrates Xilinx’s FPGAs with its own embedded expertise.
Just What is an FPGA, Anyway?
Neither programmable nor an array of gates, FPGAs can sometimes go where ASICs fear to tread.
Wary China Clings to Neutrality Over Ukraine Invasion
Beijing’s fence-sitting appears to be a case of keeping its friends close and its enemies closer.
Surviving the Semiconductor Supply Chain Crisis
Companies with deep pockets are stockpiling components as a hedge against future shortages, in essence hoarding devices.
Who’s Driving — and Crashing — My Robocar?
The question of driver accountability is muddied in the age of autonomous vehicles.
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