How Safe Are We With ADAS?
A Munich district court found Tesla’s autopilot assistance system unreliable, terming it a “massive hazard” in city traffic.
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What Caught Our Eye This Week
Semiconductor Inventory Jumps in Korea as Demand Weakens
South Korea’s semiconductor inventories increased at the strongest pace in May, rising more than 53 percent from the previous year’s comparable month. That’s among the clearest signs yet of slowing demand from manufacturers.
What Caught Our Eye This Week
Velodyne Lidar Signs Up with Boston Dynamics
Lidar suppliers are in dire need of new sensor applications as the volume market for fully automated vehicles remains in limbo. That reality is forcing lidar vendors to come up with a Plan B.
What Caught Our Eye This Week
U.S. Electronics Found in Russian Weapons
Electronic components manufactured by Analog Devices, Intel Corp., Onsemi, Texas Instruments and others have been discovered in a range of Russian weapons captured during its invasion of Ukraine.
What Caught Our Eye This Week
NHTSA Releases ADAS/ADS Crash Data
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) this week released crash data involving vehicles equipped with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving systems.
What Caught Our Eye This Week
TSMC Faces Challenges in Arizona
During an annual shareholders’ meeting this week, TSMC Chairman Mark Liu said the chipmaker’s new fab in Arizona is turning out to be “more costly” than expected.
What Caught Our Eye This Week
The Bad UI That Could Kill
The user interface is the heart and soul of every consumer product. In the early days of smartphones, Apple’s breakthrough touch-screen UI set the iPhone apart and above.
What Caught Our Eye This Week
Intel MIA at Computex
After a two-year hiatus, Computex was back this week as a hybrid event. The trade show’s big draws were CEO keynotes by Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and AMD’s Lisa Su.
TSMC in the Running for European Chips Act Funding
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is engaged in intense negotiations with the EU to build a fab in Europe, according to European industry sources.
The development places TSMC solidly back in the running for European Chips Act (ECA) funding.
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Nvidia’s Automotive Playbook: Hyperion 9, Drive Map, Omniverse
At the GTC Conference this week, Nvidia unveiled the Hyperion 9 AV architecture, its next-generation autonomous vehicle platform. In a bid to build momentum for its growing ecosystem, Nvidia claimed Hyperion 9 will elevate its automotive pipeline to more than $11 billion over the next six years.
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