China’s Startup Army is Being Disarmed
Beijing’s attempts to create a complete technology ecosystem, including extended supply chains for semiconductor design, production and packaging, are being boxed in on a number of fronts.
Opinion
Push Comes to Shove in China Tech Competition
By Bolaji Ojo
What’s at stake:
China’s role in global commerce is attracting closer scrutiny. Even as they embrace the opportunities China offers, trade partners are seeking to determine where the nation poses dangers to them.
Measuring the Metaverse Against Reality
Our upcoming webinar will sort the hype from the reality of leveraging virtual worlds.
U.S. Semiconductor Technocracy Falls Into Place
You know a government program is institutionalized when the acronyms start flying.
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Drive ’Til You Can’t, Then AV Aids Kick In
It’s time for the automotive and tech industries to rethink whether and why the public actually needs “self-driving cars,” aside from the need to please investors who poured billions into startups working on robotaxis and robotrucks.
After several days last week in Brussels talking to throngs of automotive engineers at AutoSens, I had an epiphany. The whole auto industry might be looking at AVs through the wrong end of the telescope.
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Arm’s Suit Against Qualcomm Highlights Strained IP Ecosystem
By Peter Clarke
Processor intellectual property licenser Arm Ltd. has sued longtime licensee Qualcomm and recent Qualcomm acquisition Nuvia Inc., another Arm licensee, alleging a breach of licensing terms and resultant infringement of Arm’s trademarks.
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Google Glass May be Half-Full
By Rebecca Day
I assume one day I’ll own smart glasses, though I can’t for the life of me understand why I’d want to today. That’s often how it works with me and tech. Unlike HDTV — which I craved after I first saw eyepopping jockey silk colors in an ABC-TV demo reel — new product categories often take time for me to adjust to. I’m not a tech-for-tech’s sake kind of gal. I need to see a compelling reason buy into the next big thing – and for the price to come down.
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Phil Koopman’s New Book Asks the Hardest AV Question: ‘How Safe is Safe Enough?’
Engineers, AV enthusiasts, public officials and even ordinary drivers should heed Phil Koopman’s insights, pausing to consider what must be done before unleashing AVs on our streets.
Undefined, Unregulated Hands-Free Driving Means Unsafe Roads
As more vehicles are introduced with so-called “hands-free” convenience features, the automotive industry is probing uncharted territory.
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Metaverse, Omniverse–How Versed Can We Get?
By Jon Peddie
Anyone who has read anything about the metaverse probably knows Neal Stephenson coined the term in Snow Crash in 1992. William Gibson wrote about a similar place he called Cyberspace in 1984, and the idea of an alternate digital reality has been a staple of science fiction ever since. This generation’s version was described by Ernest Cline’s 2011 book Ready Player One and the eponymous film that followed.
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