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Podcast: Can AV Bill Do Right by People?
Guests: Phil Koopman, associate professor with the Carnegie Mellon University; Computer Engineering (top left)Bill Widen, professor at the University of Miami School of Law (top right) We discuss the autonomous vehicle bill, just voted out of the Pennsylvania Senate’s Transportation Committee last week and is now heading to the Senate floor. What’s in the bill? What’s not in the bill? What… Read More »Podcast: Can AV Bill Do Right by People?

Pa. Bill Is a Gift to AV Firms
Legislation before the Pennsylvania State Senate offers a big door prize to industry but few safeguards to the public.

The Wizard of Oz Comes to CES
Tesla gets boring in Las Vegas.

Where Are Robotaxis and Robovans Going?
The rollout of people-carrying AVs will depend on when the AV driver software can meet safety requirements for each use case.

Is There a Business Case for Robotaxis and AV Shuttles?
The economics of robotaxis and AV shuttles remain more speculative than analytical.

Car Culture Morphs into High-Tech Car Dependency
A new book raises fundamental questions about the headlong rush to deploy driverless vehicles.

What Decades of Roboshuttle Misfires Teach Us
Will robotaxis fare better than roboshuttles? We think the assumption is naïve.

Silicon Catalyst Webinar: What to Know about Investing in Semiconductor Startups
The Ojo-Yoshida Report delivers a keynote at Silicon Catalyst’s webinar.

This Week
Straight From the Heart: Startup Celtro Eyes Self-Powered PacemakersWho Does the Plumbing for IoT?Imaging Radar Gets a Second Look for AVs Straight From the Heart: Startup Celtro Eyes Self-Powered Pacemakers By Adele HarsGerman company’s implantable chip to run on energy harvested from cardiac cells. What’s at stake?The pacemaker envisioned by Celtro is both leadless and… Read More »This Week

Who Does the Plumbing for IoT?
Matter, the new IoT application layer spec, is coming to save the smart home, with Amazon, Google, Apple and Samsung joining the bandwagon. But really, who are going to do the plumbing for Matter?

Straight From the Heart: Startup Celtro Eyes Self-Powered Pacemakers
German company’s implantable chip to run on energy harvested from cardiac cells.

Imaging Radar Gets a Second Look for AVs
As 3D/4D imaging and software-defined radar emerge, radar sensors are becoming much more useful, with higher resolution.

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Prepare for Unknown Unknowns in This Year’s Chip MarketMobileye Consumer AV Push: Facts Behind the Math?The Inscrutability of Black IcePodcast: What’s the State of Phase-change Memory? Prepare for Unknown Unknowns in This Year’s Chip Market By Bolaji Ojo Analysts expect moderate growth in 2022, but forecasts are tough to pin down due to the market’s opacity… Read More »This Week

Podcast: What’s the State of Phase-change Memory?
By Peter Clarke I was prompted to record this by the news that Intel has begun the sell-offof its non-volatile memory and solid-state drive businesses to SK Hynix, ina $9 billion deal that includes a wafer fab in Dalian, China, and will takeuntil 2024 to complete. Listen to the podcast…

Mobileye Consumer AV Push: Facts Behind the Math?
Mobileye insists consumer and industrial AV development must proceed in tandem if both sectors are to succeed.

Prepare for Unknown Unknowns in This Year’s Chip Market
Analysts expect moderate growth in 2022, but forecasts are tough to pin down due to the market’s opacity and factors beyond the control of chipmakers and their customers.

The Inscrutability of Black Ice
No self-driving vehicle could ever be calibrated to sense a danger as sudden, invisible and terrifying as black ice at 70 miles an hour.

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Automotive Chip Drought Alters OEM/Supplier Balance of PowerInfineon: The Case for a More Aggressive StrategyIC Aging and Self-Driving CarTOPS Priorities Shift for ‘Datacenter on Wheels’DMS: The Experts’ View Automotive Chip Drought Alters OEM/Supplier Balance of Power By Junko Yoshida The automotive chip shortage has put semiconductor suppliers in the driver’s seat — at least for… Read More »This Week

Automotive Chip Drought Alters OEM/Supplier Balance of Power
The automotive chip shortage has put semiconductor suppliers in the driver’s seat — at least for now. But automakers are wising up. They are rethinking relationships with semiconductor suppliers, while redrawing their next-generation vehicle architectures.

Infineon: The Case for a More Aggressive Strategy
To keep Infineon a strong European brand for generations to come, the company must bulk up with strategic acquisitions. How to do so given a conservative corporate culture will be the main challenge facing its new CEO.
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