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Can Anyone Catch up with Nvidia?
Are there any playbooks AI processor companies can use to catch up with Nvidia? A lot of people are asking that question.

Dig Deeper: Why Carmakers Want Chiplets
Bart Plackle, vice president for automotive at Imec, sees chiplets as the only hope for the automotive industry to get the massive computing performance it needs into cars. We ask him why.

Three ‘Transparency’ Questions for GM/Cruise
GM/Cruise want to impress us that they are good citizens working to rebuild public trust. But could the hiring of Exponent Inc., a go-to engineering firm for big corporations with liability problems, be an early sign of insincerity?

Earth to Chip Industry: Love Your Mother!
Our series on sustainable semiconductor manufacturing underscores the urgent need to act — sooner rather than later on climate change.

It’s Time to Regulate the AV Industry
Apply lessons from the aviation industry and get the government involved in the development and use of autonomous vehicles. Safety is paramount. It is that simple.

How Will Nvidia Change — and Change the Chip Industry?
Nvidia’s rise is disruptive to more than just the ranks of semiconductor market leaders. Expect more changes at established chip vendors and startups.

Infineon: Europe’s Overachieving, yet ‘Undervalued’ Chip Gem
Infineon has built a fortified products fortress, ensuring it can withstand the industry’s buffeting winds. But challenges are rising in China even as investors undervalue the German chip supplier.

What’s the Story with 2nm?
The schedule for 2nm is a little fuzzy. To begin with, there isn’t just one 2nm process. Intel has discussed two, as has TSMC.

Turmoil at OpenAI and Cruise Focus AI’s Dilemma
OpenAI vs. Cruise. The two are different, and yet the chaos at both companies has some common roots.

Does Nvidia Want to Remake the Foundry Business?
Nvidia is describing itself now as an “AI Foundry.” How does this differentiate the AI chips and platform vendor from its traditional foundry services suppliers?

Cruise: ‘Safety Is Our North Star.’ Really?
Kamikaze Kyle crashed Cruise credo. Kyle ignored all the signs and went faster still. Why didn’t he stop? Why didn’t anyone stop him? Why didn’t GM fire him?

AI’s ‘Functional’ Imperative
What would Frank Capra’s characters say about OpenAI?

What’s a Chiplet? Why Now?
Is the idea of creating mix-and-match “Lego block” chiplets
just a mirage or a practical aspiration for the semiconductor industry?
The Ojo-Yoshida Report launches a must-watch Dig Deeper Video
Podcast Series on Chiplets on Nov. 29 .

Jim Keller on AI, RISC-V, Open Source, Innovation
Tenstorrent CEO discusses “What’s Next in Computing,” This is the Part 2 of our conversation.

Lufthansa, an Upset Passenger, and a Bungled Information System
Lufthansa and the German police are entangled in a botched information and self-reporting system, highlighting the vulnerabilities of a system meant to protect travelers in the aviation industry.

Microchip Puts Pedal to the Auto Design Metal
Microchip is taking lessons learned during the recent auto semiconductor shortages to heart by moving even closer to its automotive OEM customers.

Tenstorrent-Rapidus Handshake, and What It Means
Why Japan’s startup foundry needs Tenstorrent so badly

Synaptics’ Wedge in Edge AI is ‘Astra’
Synaptics wants to incorporate AI in a host of easy, ubiquitous, and everyday IoT devices.

Magna: ‘Let’s Start Saving Lives … Today’
Vehicle safety isn’t just about the performance of individual sensors. It’s all about the whole vehicle. Magna, which acquired Veoneer this year, believes it has a leg up.

Imec Tackles Chip Industry’s Carbon Conundrum
The semiconductor R&D hub aims to reduce the biggest source of carbon emissions: high-volume chip manufacturing.
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