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Bought caught in a rough water

Chip Leaders Are Responsible for Capex Disarray

Semiconductor executives are directly liable for the flawed forecasts and capital expenditure misses that trigger the industry’s boom and bust cycles. They cannot keep deflecting the blames.
IoT vulnerability

IoT: Welcome Mat to Insecurity

No IoT device has lifetime security. Its vulnerability must be tracked. Here’s why.
Who’s in the zoo: a brief taxonomy of AI systems

Who’s in the Zoo: A Brief Taxonomy of AI Systems

The ubiquity of AI begs for a good definition. But there is no simple definition—a myriad of different technologies huddle under the AI umbrella.
IBM unveils the world's first 2nm chip technology

Japan’s 2nm Ambition Needs a Solid Foundation

Rapidus lacks real-world yield experience at 10nm, 7nm, 5nm, 3nm. And that’s something process provider IBM cannot supply, because Big Blue, in recent years, has not been involved in bringing a real circuit to commercial yield on its own process.
Industrial IoT

Sony Buys Its Way into IoT/Industrial Market via Raspberry Pi

Sony has become the first semiconductor company to invest in Raspberry Pi. What’s behind the move?
Contrarian View

The Contrarian View: Infineon Should Try Again to Buy Wolfspeed

Wolfspeed is the most attractive acquisition target in the power semiconductor market today and Infineon owes itself another attempt to acquire the silicon carbide supplier.
GM Super Cruise Instrument Cluster

Does Your Car Know Jack? Or Jill? Or Anyone?

If you think fully autonomous vehicles are hard, don’t expect partially automated vehicles to prove any easier.
a small company is ro be merged with a bigger company

Analysts: Onsemi Is Natural Candidate to Buy Wolfspeed

Wolfspeed, compared to other suppliers, has taken a clear, if tenuous, lead with its improved yield for silicon carbide (SiC) wafer manufacturing, an advantage that might well peg Wolfspeed as an acquisition target.
Last Kid Picked Book Cover

The Artificial Me

I just wish ChatGPT (and its advocates) were as aware of its ignorance and as humble about its fallibility.
Infineon is building the 300mm Smart Power Fab in Dresden

Infineon Flourishes on ‘Good Times’ for Power Semiconductors

As some reel, Infineon invests and gets energized on power chips.
Don't Drive and Drive

Your Next Car Will Know How Drunk You Are

Among measures contained in the Biden infrastructure bill is a drunk-driving technology provision with the potential to save lives.
Corporate culture

Corporate Culture? What Corporate Culture?

The power of storytelling comes alive only when companies identify the moment they believe they’ve defined who they are.
Praying Mantis

Microchip: Could This M&A Predator Become Prey?

Buy or be bought. That is the future Microchip must contend with now.
Microcontroller board connects to an electronic project

Microchip Forges Strategies on MCUs, Analog, Power

In Microchip’s definition, the microcontroller provides control functions. But peripherals – analog, memory, and connectivity – that surround it is what differentiate it and define specifications.

Microchip: Preserving Corporate Culture After M&A

Through acquisitions, Microchip has gained not just markets and product lines, but people. “We have a commitment to the people,” says the company’s senior vice president. “We don’t get rid of them.”
Ganesh Moorthy. Microchip CEO

Microchip CEO Pursues ‘Bowling Pin’ Strategy

Ganesh Moorthy discusses Microchip’s plan to pick off the adjacencies of its core products, bulk up capabilities with more peripherals, and create a strong presence in broader embedded markets.
Stuart Pann is senior vice president and general manager of Intel Foundry Services

Intel Pans Inward for Foundry Boss; Is Tower Deal in Trouble?

Intel forges ahead with foundry plans despite delay in regulatory approval for Tower Semiconductor purchase.
Nviida pitches AI and Omniverse to the auto industry.

Robocar No Longer Drives Nvidia GTC

At Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference (GTC) this week, the shiniest new object was ChatGPT. Autonomous driving is already an old story.
Bryan Reimer, research scientist in the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics.

Podcast: How to Build a ‘Human-Centered Vehicle’

Do carmakers actually know how their automation features are being used by people who drive?

Get Ready for UX-Defined Vehicles or Not

I crave a car that gets me. It knows not just static information – my in-vehicle entertainment preferences – but can dynamically adjust the level of information I need while driving.

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