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Betting Big on SiC, Wolfspeed Aims to Power a ‘Revolution’
To get the company to where it is today, Lowe did not just hack off business units but undertook a series of capital investment, R&D, and acquisition actions.
Podcast: Nvidia’s Declining Prospects
Will a minority stake in Arm be the most Nvidia is allowed? Or will Nvidia be allowed a chance to buy only a small portion of the IP licensor, such as the artificial intelligence part? And will that prompt Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to throw in the towel?
‘AV Problem’ Is Real, ‘Trolley Problem’ Isn’t
Given that AVs will make good, bad, and ugly driving decisions without human input or intervention, society’s tolerance for AV machine errors can be expected to be vanishingly small.
Silicon Carbide Gets Ready for Prime Time
Riding hot applications in electric vehicles, silicon carbide is on the rise. Multiple players are positioning themselves to grasp what many see as an exponentially growing sector.
Early Laps of Silicon Carbide Race Go to ST
Is SiC a story with a happy ending that everybody loves? No, this is [a race] far from over, says ST, who isn’t ready to take a victory lap.
Soitec Aims for Big EV Win with Smart Cut SiC Wafers
Cost and yield continue to constrain the supply of high-quality SiC wafers. Soitec and Leti are putting forth a new idea: decoupling the top and bottom parts of SiC wafers.
SiC Power Devices: A Breed Apart
To understand why SiC is suddenly so important to matters green involves taking a deep dive into some electronics questions, a touch of physics and some manufacturing technology.
This Week
Open Letter to Ted Tewksbury, Velodyne’s New CEOFarm Drones Going Hog WildIndia’s Recurring DreamNXP Resets, Victim No Longer Open Letter to Ted Tewksbury, Velodyne’s New CEO By Junko Yoshida Dear Ted, Velodyne’s recent announcement introducing you as its new CEO didn’t surprise me. You’re the right executive arriving at the right time to correct the… Read More »This Week
Open Letter to Ted Tewksbury, Velodyne’s New CEO
At several companies you led, you achieved transformative change. Business management books might label you a turnaround specialist. But I regard that cubby-hole as neither apt nor accurate in your case, because it overlooks a range of human-factor intangibles.
Farm Drones Going Hog Wild
Wild boars running amok in farmlands will soon meet autonomous drones – almost as sophisticated as robocars – developed by Flox Robotics. Flox’s drone can tell a pig from a Peter Rabbit and knows how to scare it off.
Podcast: India’s Recurring Dream
India has a recurring dream of a volume semiconductor manufacturer, but they have been unable to fulfil that dream. What or who is to blame? Is it the lack of basic utility infrastructure? Is it the politicians? Or is it the lack of domestic industries that consume semiconductors?
NXP Resets, Victim No Longer
Three years after a failed acquisition bid, the Dutch supplier stands poised to become one of the leading players in the global semiconductor market – assuming it can navigate choppy competitive waters.
JIC is a Poor Replacement for JIT
Just-in-Time and Lean manufacturing management have not failed, despite the severity of the current component shortages. They should not be dumped in favor of a discredited system but should be reinforced in preparation for the next market cycle.
Open Letter to Zuck: Prove to Us That ‘Ethics in Tech’ Is Not an Oxymoron
A rebranding of the company and a move into the metaverse are exactly the wrong things to do at this time. As an alternative, here’s our road map to redemption.
EV Battery Cost/Performance Race: Place Your Bets
EV battery evolution will occur by orchestrating a number of tech elements to optimize electrodes. Nanoramic is one of the companies trying to crack the battery supply chain.
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JIC Is a Poor Replacement for JITOpen Letter to Zuck: Prove to Us That ‘Ethics in Tech’ Is Not an OxymoronEV Battery Cost/Performance Race: Place Your BetsVision Plus Radar: Where Should Fusion Take Place? JIC Is a Poor Replacement for JIT By Bolaji Ojo The electronics industry is at it again. Notorious for offering bewildering… Read More »This Week
Vision Plus Radar: Where Should Fusion Take Place?
The recent Ambarella-Oculii deal raises questions about where in the vehicle sensor fusion should take place and who ultimately “owns” the sensor fusion stack.
What’s the Big Deal with EUV?
While turning EUV into a viable production technology, ASML and its many partners created one of the most complex and fragile supply chains in history, leaving far too much at stake.
This Week
What’s the Big Deal with EUV? ASML 2025: Beautiful with a Sprinkling of Risks Sci-Fi Implications of the Metaverse When Teslas Crash, ‘Uh-Oh’ Is Not Enough What’s the Big Deal with EUV? By Ron Wilson What’s at stake?Extreme ultraviolet lithography has become critical to the capacity and resilience of the supply chain for advanced… Read More »This Week
Sci-Fi Implications of the Metaverse
In Snow Crash, a 1992 novel by sci-fi author Neal Stephenson, his “Metaverse” is a bleak dystopia in which virtual reality both substitutes for real life and mimics it.
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