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NXP: How Is Technology Shaping Society?
Let’s discuss the rigorous engineering work needed to keep mission-critical systems safe and secure
That Severe Auto IC Shortage? It Will Happen Soon Again
Huge sums are pouring into building new chip fabs, but the focus on next-gen nodes is misplaced. The last shortages arose from insufficient capacity in the older nodes. That’s where they will crop up again.
Auto Industry Euphoric over Chiplets. Why?
The chiplet is all the rage among car OEMs, Tier Ones, and automotive chip suppliers. IMEC is kicking off this month the first automotive-focused chiplet event.
Podcast: Western EV Battery Strategy Starts with Final Assembly
Author Charles Murray argues the West must build up its battery assembly lines to confront China’s dominance.
Ethernet Switches: Marvell’s Ticket to Automotive
Next-generation vehicle architecture is creating an unprecedented opportunity for Automotive Ethernet.
AI Rivalry Heats up, But Catching Nvidia Won’t Be Easy
Nvidia quietly worked on its accelerated computing dream for years and won big with the advent of the AI era. Can Nvidia keep this much coveted crown?
Apple’s Display Tech Choice in Vision Pro
Its latest Vision Pro display technology reveals that Apple’s quixotic quest for exotic microLED technology remains unfulfilled.
Podcast: What’s Next for Microchip’s Steve Sanghi?
Steve Sanghi, Microchip and the semiconductor market have intertwined stories going back decades. That saga is not ending yet. The chip world can count on seeing more of Sanghi beyond Microchip.
From ‘Smart’ to ‘Useful’ Sensors
Can anyone make ‘smart home’ devices useful to consumers? A Calif. startup, Useful Sensors, believes it has the magic potion.
Qualcomm Envy Sparks Nvidia-MediaTek Deal
The partnership is aimed at repositioning Nvidia in a broader spectrum of the automotive SoC market, while allowing MediaTek to loosen Qualcomm’s grip on the entry level of the auto market.
Advanced Packaging Holds Key to Chiplet Surge
The emergence of chiplets could restructure the semiconductor industry. But first, the packaging must be in place to support them.
DeepX Founder Aspires to Be ‘Morris Chang of Korea’
AI hardware startups are a dime a dozen. But the founder of DeepX has a loftier goal — to build a company that matters to his home country, South Korea.
Obsolescence at BMW: Planned or Just Short-Sighted?
Go ahead. Trust carmakers who promise lifetime software updates. But verify that car companies can cope with the potential need for the hardware upgrades that often accompany updated software.
What’s Sam Altman’s Game?
Enough with the handwringing, it’s time to shut down public access to AI
Inventory Quagmire: From JIT to JIC and now Just-too-Much
The perfect inventory management solution continues to elude electronics manufacturers and members of the supply chain.
Regressive AI
Movie maven Benjamin defines ‘Regressive AI’ as the digital art of mimcry, formula and redundancy.
Podcast: Let’s Talk About AV Liability
William Widen, a professor of law, and Phil Koopman, an engineering professor, are proposing a new legal framework that rescues automated-vehicle (AV) accidents from the Black Hole of Liability.
Nauto Driven to Fuse Data from ADAS and DMS
Car OEMs must make their highly automated vehicle intuitive enough to respond to imminent danger with a timely handover from the computer driver to the human.
China EV Inc. Preps for Global Market as Western Rivals Wilt
China has become the world’s unquestionable leader in EV batteries and EVs. Don’t be surprised when China floods the globe with their “affordably innovative” electric cars, says a China EV industry insider.
Infineon and ST Buck Chip Downturn but for How Long?
As competitors swoon, Europe’s Top-2 semiconductor makers soar loftily. Even their fiscal 2023 forecasts defy logic but are they truly recession-proof?
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