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BMW iX Crash: Getting at the Cause
Many reporters covering the crash glommed onto one issue: Was BMW’s iX ‘test car’ a self-driving vehicle? That question misses the point.
Chiplets Are a Second Path to Higher Integration
An emerging infrastructure supporting multiple dies in a package could reorder the global semiconductor industry.
Unanswered Questions in the Aftermath of Fatal BMW Crash
The Aug. 15 iX ‘test vehicle’ crash raises more questions about the advisability of AV’s traversing public roads.
Finwave Looks to Disrupt RF Markets With First FinFETs on GaN
Startup is developing key devices aimed at breaking through 5G millimeter-wave challenges.
What Caught Our Eye This Week
Philips shakeup, China’s CATL to make EV batteries in Hungary.
Intel Foundry Future Explained
Will Intel have to divide itself to conquer the foundry business?
Following the Money: How CHIPS Act Subsidies Will Be Spent
The Commerce Department is scrambling to develop a framework for determining eligibility, investments and oversight.
What Can U.S. Learn From China’s ‘Big Fund’ Fiasco?
Don’t assume things that happened in China would never happen in the United States. Big funding attracts many players scheming to leverage it.
Road Test Using ‘Live’ Kids Exposes AV Absurdity
Silicon Valley’s tech culture, Detroit’s insistence on vehicle self-certification, and regulatory inaction have created a trifecta that places safety testing in the hands of amateurs.
Podcast: Technology Innovation and Our Manufacturing Future
Dan Breznitz offers a blueprint for fixing our fragile supply chains by addressing head-on the realities of globalization.
Intel Should Adopt Pure-Play Foundry Model
Economist Dan Breznitz argues Intel must shift its focus from R&D to the emerging geopolitical imperative: manufacturing semiconductors.
What Caught Our Eye This Week
AMD’s China AV strategy, Taiwan nixes Foxconn’s China investment
Patent Manager Expands Semiconductor Focus with Intel Deal
A deal between Intel and licensing specialist IPValue is the latest centered on offloading patent-management duties.
Their Credibility Shaken, Can AV Companies Recover?
Press releases, blog posts and tweets from CEOs can only carry new technology so far. Lacking in the AV industry is not PR, but a ‘safety case.’
Signing CHIPS Act, Biden Touts Semiconductor Investments
Partners GlobalFoundries and Qualcomm along with memory maker Micron time announcements to coincide with signing ceremony.
What Caught Our Eye This Week
China’s YMTC in the crosshairs, Pelosi meets with TSMC, greener AI training.
Tough Questions for Intel CEO and Its Board
A U.S. semiconductor revival may hinge on the fortunes of a reeling semiconductor pioneer.
Podcast: The CHIPS Act and How Best to Spend $52B
Arijit Raychowdhury, Georgia Tech engineering professor, discusses investments in U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and bridging the skills gap.
Enlisting the Semiconductor Army
Chip manufacturers are increasingly turning to military veterans to help run a batch of new U.S. fabs.
Beware the Semiconductor ‘Bullwhip Effect’
With IC demand softening, vendors of semiconductor manufacturing equipment are bracing for a slowdown in 2023.
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