U.S. Taps Semiconductor Execs to Map R&D
Ex-Applied Materials, Analog Devices officials will head an advisory panel for disbursing CHIPS Act research funding.
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Autonomy Race: Nvidia Ups Ante With 2,000 TOPS ‘Superchip’
What’s at stake:
Nvidia is rolling out a 2,000 TOPS central compute engine for highly automated vehicles – something no other chipmaker has offered. Is the new processor overkill? Moreover, is the processing power the main concern for OEMs worried about AV safety?
Cruise Gambles on a Build-Your-Own Strategy
What’s at stake?
Autonomous vehicle company Cruise confirmed it is dumping Nvidia’s GPU and developing its own central compute engine for its AV. Cruise also said it is developing a chip for its radar and for other custom chips. Unclear is whether such an extreme measure – build instead of buy – will eventually help or hurt the fledgling AV company’s prospects.
Intel Scores Major Win with MediaTek Foundry Agreement
Intel Foundry Services gets a significant boost by signing MediaTek as a foundry customer.
ASML Results Show Asia Will Retain Chip Production Dominance
By Bolaji Ojo
Semiconductors will continue to be manufactured and consumed principally in Asia for the foreseeable future even if efforts by governments to revive and increase chip production in Europe and North America succeed and surpass current expectations. That is the conclusion reached by the Ojo-Yoshida Report after reviewing the latest regional sales data from ASML N.V., the world’s No. 1 supplier of semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
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Without CHIPS Act, Intel’s Gelsinger Would Delay Ohio Fabs
With the fate of U.S. semiconductor manufacturing incentives hanging by a thread, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is staging a last-ditch campaign to salvage CHIPS Act funding while emphasizing aggressive European steps toward reviving Western chip production.
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Delayed Mobileye IPO May Mean Delayed Intel IDM 2.0
Intel Corp. is reportedly postponing its plan to take driver-assist developer Mobileye public. The IPO could still happen in 2022, but the chip giant isn’t saying when — and the uncertainty over Mobileye’s immediate future might delay Intel’s ambitious semiconductor manufacturing expansion plan, dubbed IDM 2.0.
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ST and GlobalFoundries Plan New 300mm Europe Chip Plant
By Bolaji Ojo
STMicroelectronics NV and U.S.-based contract chipmaker GlobalFoundries Inc. said they have agreed to establish a new 300mm semiconductor manufacturing fab in France with “significant financial support” from the French government. They expect the new fab to start production in 2024 and become fully operational by 2026 when it should start producing up to 620,000 wafers per year.
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Pedestrian Rights Move to the Forefront in Traffic Safety Report
Momentum is building among key traffic-safety stakeholders to address the alarming uptick in U.S. fatalities among pedestrians and cyclists.
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GM, Red Hat Join Forces on Auto OS
By George Leopold
General Motors and IBM-owned Red Hat announced this week they are collaborating on an in-vehicle operating system that would provide safety certification for GM’s Ultifi software platform while facilitating over-the-air software updates for connected vehicles.
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