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Intel: It’s the Whole Car, Not Teraflops

Intel came to CES to unveil an automotive strategy that covers software-defined vehicles, EV power management standards, and chiplets.
TSMC’s Next Fab: The Case for India

TSMC’s Next Fab: The Case for India

India needs semiconductor partners. TSMC fits the bill as it evolves fab strategy but will they team up?
Dig Deeper: EDA's Role in Chiplets

Dig Deeper: EDA’s Role in Chiplets

Synopsys says the EDA industry is committed to ensuring that their customers can scale from large single-die SoCs today to multi-die systems incorporating perhaps hundreds of chiplets tomorrow.
JAL crash safety

Japan Airlines’ ‘Miracle’ Spotlights Safety Culture

A deadly 1985 crash spawned a “responsibility culture” that helped the Japanese carrier avoid another disaster on the runway.
Schneider Electric Stakes a Claim to Sustainability Leadership

Schneider Electric Stakes a Claim to Sustainability Leadership

The multinational energy management specialist is leading the sustainability charge on the supply side. Will its initiatives aimed at chip makers seed a sustainability ecosystem?
Chip World ‘24: Prospects to Embrace, Details to Sweat

Chip World ‘24: Prospects to Embrace, Details to Sweat

We asked Jean-Christophe Eloy, president and CEO of Yole Group, about his assessment of 2023: what stood out, what concerns him most, and big shifts taking place in China’s semiconductor industry.
Quintauris RISC-V JV Targets China

Quintauris RISC-V JV Targets China

Quintauris stakeholders pursue business in China with a RISC-V joint venture.
What's Behind Synopsys’ Interest in Ansys?

What’s Behind Synopsys’ Interest in Ansys?

Chiplets serve as the strongest link between Synopsys and Ansys.
Tech is Redefining How Africa Works

Tech is Redefining How Africa Works

Technology is fostering the creation of a new employment system in Africa for global enterprises and start-ups
ADAS in 2024: Don’t Expect Clarity on Autonomy & Safety

ADAS in 2024: Don’t Expect Clarity on Autonomy & Safety

Will OEMs continue to treat the world’s most valuable car maker, Tesla, as a role model – beyond electrification and over-the-air (OTA) updates?
In 2024; AI here, there and everywhere

In 2024, AI Here, There and Everywhere

As AI applications and software proliferate, we expect leisure, creative and work-place behavior to start changing. Hardware, then, must evolve to meet those varied needs in an energy efficient manner.
How Tesla’s Plea Deal Foiled Autopilot Remedy

How Tesla’s Plea Deal Foiled Autopilot Remedy

A dissection of Tesla’s voluntary recall: What Tesla agreed to as remedy for its vehicles’ Autopilot defect, and what they are getting away with.
TSMC Quagmire: No Holy Lands for Chip Production

TSMC Cannot Justify Taiwan-Centric Chip Production

TSMC, as constituted today, is a potential danger to the electronics supply chain. By now, it should have aced that part about cloning its famed Taiwan manufacturing efficiency everywhere. It has not.
Sameer Wasson’s Vision for MIPS/RISC-V

Sameer Wasson’s Vision for MIPS/RISC-V

MIPS today is RISC-V. Unique to MIPS is that it has figured out a recipe, protecting the strengths of MIPS ISA while leveraging RISC-V to extend and differentiate their cores.
Phil Koopman

2024: Still Waiting for ‘Something Really Bad’

The failures of some AV makers were obvious. But haven’t regulators also failed us as much, or more?
Can Anyone Catch up with Nvidia?

Can Anyone Catch up with Nvidia?

Are there any playbooks AI processor companies can use to catch up with Nvidia? A lot of people are asking that question.
Chiplets: What Lies Below?

Dig Deeper: Why Carmakers Want Chiplets

Bart Plackle, vice president for automotive at Imec, sees chiplets as the only hope for the automotive industry to get the massive computing performance it needs into cars. We ask him why.
Three 'Transparency' Questions for GM/Cruise

Three ‘Transparency’ Questions for GM/Cruise

GM/Cruise want to impress us that they are good citizens working to rebuild public trust. But could the hiring of Exponent Inc., a go-to engineering firm for big corporations with liability problems, be an early sign of insincerity?
Earth to Chip Industry: Love Your Mother!

Earth to Chip Industry: Love Your Mother!

Our series on sustainable semiconductor manufacturing underscores the urgent need to act — sooner rather than later on climate change.
It's time to regulate the AV industry

It’s Time to Regulate the AV Industry

Apply lessons from the aviation industry and get the government involved in the development and use of autonomous vehicles. Safety is paramount. It is that simple.