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Who is the Driver?

Who’s Driving — and Crashing — My Robocar?

The question of driver accountability is muddied in the age of autonomous vehicles.
semiconductor supply chain

Semiconductor Inventories Surge Despite Shortages

Two years of supply chain disruptions have shifted the balance of power from buyers to sellers.
Alan Turing machine intelligence

The Turing Dilemma in Machine Learning

The machine brain can’t deviate from its program or think up new stuff. If it is a mind, it’s a mind that can’t wander.
Russia Tech ICs

Silicon Screen Descends on Russia

The West’s technology blockade of Russia is also aimed at Chinese chipmakers skirting technology restrictions.
AlphaICs AI accelerator

AlphaICs: How to Stand Out in the AI Startup Crowd

A growing list of AI startups must identify underserved markets, then stick to their knitting.
AV legislation

Avalanche of AV Bills Slams U.S. State Legislatures

State-by-state approach brings laws favoring AV companies to life with little oversight and scant attention to safety, legal and regulatory issues.
Mobileye Road Experience Management

If HD Maps Make Driving Safer, They May Make Walking More Dangerous  

Technology that improves car safety for drivers can introduce new hazards for pedestrians and cyclists. High-definition maps offer one example of potential unintended consequences.
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger

CHIPS Act: Feeding Frenzy Begins

Intel and its rivals are dispatching legions of lobbyists to DC, all circling a $52-billion honey pot authorized by Congress for semiconductor R&D.
Russia, Ukraine, USA, Canada, Germany political war conflict

That Semiconductor Forecast? Toss It!

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and the scourge of war in Europe adds another layer of uncertainty as chip makers enter a twilight zone.
what autonomous vehicles see

A Blurred Line: AV Capability and Human Responsibility

Drivers left holding the bag as autonomous vehicles fail to live up to automakers’ hype. Trade secrets are in, transparency is out.

Startups Lead Hot Power-GaN Market…for Now

Fast chargers for power-hungry mobile phones are among the applications creating opportunities for GaN entrants.
Data Center Alley in Virginia

The Data Center Boom is Unsustainable

As big-data applications scale workloads, cloud service providers and other hyperscalers can barely keep up with pandemic-driven demand for computing, storage and analytics.
Server racks in data centers

Data Center Energy Puzzle

Data centers consume enormous amounts of power, much of which goes into activities other than actual computing. But clawing back energy from data centers with technology advances is a profound challenge.
Podcast: History’s Lessons for High-Tech Hubris

Podcast: History’s Lessons for High-Tech Hubris

What can engineer, investor, business executive, and public learn from history?
Rupert Baines

As RISC-V Catches Tailwinds, Codasip Refreshes Ambition

Refreshed by its new senior executive team, Codasip, touting itself as “one of the top three, credible RISC-V companies,” is reintroducing itself.
GF legacy node

Mystery Behind GlobalFoundries’ ‘Feature-Rich Node’ 

Everything old is new again as GF tweaks venerable process technologies for fresh automotive uses.
Ford Semiconductors

Will Ford Build Ford Semiconductors?

The pandemic and resulting chip shortage have put semiconductors front and center for virtually every automaker.
Jensen Huang in Omniverse

Nvidia Bid for Arm: Was It Just a Lark?

In the wake of the deal’s breakdown, some thoughts on what may – or may not – have given rise to this unlikely acquisition bid.
podcast

Podcast: The European Chips Act Is a Political Pipe Dream, Lacks Focus

There are several problems with the European Chips Act. They are characterised by a lack of focus that is manifested in many ways.
Lisa Su, AMD CEO

Lisa Su: The Making of a Legend

AMD’s president and CEO gained the industry’s attention with her historic rescue of the ailing chipmaker. Observers are wondering where she might turn her talents next.

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