Tech Roadmap for Automakers Disillusioned With Robotaxis
OEMs will likely double down on their Level 2 → 2+ → 3 strategies. But there is a very real risk of a race to the bottom since each option comes with challenges.
Truth & Consequences
Attack of the Feature Creep
By David Benjamin
“To photograph is to hold one’s breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It’s at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.” —Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Look, Kids! No Hands!
What the hands-free driving ads miss is the primordial urge to grab the steering wheel.
Volvo Needs to Radically Rethink Ride Pilot
In 2017 Volvo promised self-driving cars for sale by 2021. Here’s what happened.
So You Want to Build a Fab
By Ron Wilson
What’s at stake?
Talking about building new fabs is easy and politically savvy. But the logistics of financing, constructing, equipping, staffing and operating a modern chip foundry are fraught with peril.
The Innovation Smokescreen
By David Benjamin
“Some Washington politicians support policies that will cause America’s most innovative companies to fall behind. These overreaching bills will strengthen our adversaries at a time when…” —American Edge TV ad
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Qualcomm is Eating Mobileye’s Lunch
A string of design wins in key areas like driver monitoring has Qualcomm leading and Mobileye sputtering.
Shedding Light on Silicon Photonics
By Ron Wilson
What’s at stake?
As new fabrication techniques and design tools emerge, the bandwidth, latency and energy-efficiency advantages of silicon photonics move closer to delivering data-driven applications and services. Researchers are pursuing multiple paths to deployment, with specific applications perhaps determining how best to harness light to connect chip components and computing platforms.
China’s Achilles’ Heel
By David Benjamin
“The Chinese people have only family and clan solidarity. They do not have national spirit… We are just a heap of loose sand… Other men are the carving knife and serving dish. We are the fish and the meat.” — Sun Yat-sen
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Why Our Machines Will Never Be as Smart as We Are
By Girish Mhatre
What’s at stake?
Some foresee the advent of a maliciously motivated superintelligence. Don’t worry – it’s not going to happen. Strong AI is a myth.