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Sneak Preview: Debunking Industry Narrative on AV Regulation
The current autonomous vehicle industry strategy seems to boil down to “Trust us, we know what’s best,” “Don’t stifle innovation,” and “Humans are bad drivers, so computers will be better.”
That Name is More than a Game
Intel unveiled a wholesale renaming of its future process nodes in July. This might have seemed an obvious marketing trick to mitigate painful comparisons against TSMC or Samsung. But beneath the surface, the renaming reflects both a decades-old struggle and a global financial reality.
Podcast: Plastic and Beyond
By Peter Clarke In 2021 flexible IC activity crossed an interesting threshold with a circuit characterized by a 29kHz clock frequency. With leading-edge processors clocked at gigahertz frequencies you might ask, “so what?” Well the so-what is low-cost and – maybe – something more significant in the long-term. Listen to Podcast…
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Can Machine Drivers Guess Right About Us Human Drivers?Politicize the Semiconductor Supply Chain and We All LoseThe Romance of the JalopyPodcast: Plastic and Beyond Can Machine Drivers Guess Right About Us Human Drivers? By Junko Yoshida What’s at stake?For both human and machine drivers, perception is hard. Even harder is prediction. The… Read More »This Week
The Romance of the Jalopy
A nagging issue noted at the AutoSens conference is the gap between technology people and car guys. Even more confusing – perhaps even to people creating devices that might usher in a utopia of self-driving vehicles – is that some of the AutoSens crowd occupy both sides of the gulf.
Can Machine Drivers Guess Right About Us Human Drivers?
By Junko Yoshida What’s at stake?For both human and machine drivers, perception is hard. Even harder is prediction. The driver must make reasonable assumptions — guesses — about what other vehicles or pedestrians will do next, in order to forge a safe path through traffic. The question becomes: How can machine drivers guess right, based… Read More »Can Machine Drivers Guess Right About Us Human Drivers?
Politicize the Semiconductor Supply Chain and We All Lose
Semiconductors and software will drive and power societal evolution and economic growth for the foreseeable future. Therefore, the domination of access to the semiconductor supply chain by any country or regional bloc should be anathema to everyone.
Apple Car Hurry-Up Targets Apps & Service Developers
Guest: Colin Barnden, principal analyst at Semicast Research
Apple Car: Makers & Sensors
Since launching Project Titan in 2014, Apple has focused on finding “the right suppliers to set up a supply chain,” said Yole Développement CEO Jean-Christophe Eloy. Who are the likely suppliers?
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Unlocking Apple Car’s Supply ChainApple Car: Makers & SensorsWhat About EV batteries?A Portrait of Apple Beyond the HardwareIt’s Rethink or Sink for PropheseeSmall Is Beautiful: How to Cut Big Tech Down to SizePodcast: Apple Car Hurry-Up Targets Apps & Service Developers Unlocking Apple Car’s Supply Chain By Junko Yoshida What’s at stake? Phil Magney,… Read More »This Week
Unlocking Apple Car’s Supply Chain
Phil Magney, founder of VSI Labs, often says that Tesla is “a proxy of the future vehicle.” What, then, will Apple Car become? Will it be Tesla on steroids, a safer and more secure Tesla, or just a more transparent version of Tesla?
Small Is Beautiful: How to Cut Big Tech Down to Size
I once asked Andy Grove, then CEO of Intel, why his company shouldn’t face antitrust penalties for monopolistic practices.
A Portrait of Apple Beyond the Hardware
The big bet is that Apple will find a way to grow opportunities exponentially in the automotive market by bringing all kinds of add-on commercial, communication, entertainment, and other activities into the box.
It’s Rethink or Sink for Prophesee
The art of growing a startup business lies in “finding a path” that’s timely, practical and scalable. Many sensor startups bet their future on automotive. Prophesee, based in Paris, was one such early gambler.
What About EV Batteries?
Batteries are “by far the most expensive part of BEVs,” automotive industry analyst Egil Juliussen noted. “Supply chains are tricky.”
Reining In Tesla’s Driverless Carriage
Is Tesla merely a Level-2 ADAS vehicle or a Level-4 highly automated car?
Most consumers find the technical distinctions arcane. But for California DMV regulators, this is the pivotal issue.
Yole CEO: TSMC Builds a Leading-edge Fab in Europe? It’s ‘Nonsense’
Why is TSMC pursuing its geographical expansion plan now? Is this decision driven by politics or commerce? How big is the political element?
TSMC Shifts West, Dodging Geopolitical Headwinds
Rising economic nationalism is causing fissures in the global semiconductor supply chain. The rifts are threatening the IC market at a time of rapid growth, when it most needs to retain the collaborative and unified structure that has driven its expansion over several decades.
Chipmakers Created Mayhem; Now They Want a Bailout
Look in the mirror, semiconductor executives. The culprit behind the nightmarish shortages and supply insecurities jeopardizing the market expansion is staring right back at you. Do not blame China, Japan, the E.U., or the United States.
TSMC Adds ‘Intellectual Supply Chain’ With U.S. Fab
Does a premier U.S. engineering school like Georgia Tech need a TSMC chip fab in Arizona? Absolutely. Not for strengthening the physical supply chain but for creating an “intellectual supply chain,” says Arijit Raychowdhury, a Georgia Tech EE professor.
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