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The future of the driverless car: Are we attempting the impossible?
Intel, Chipmakers, and the Fear Card
By Bolaji Ojo Intel Corp. CEO Pat Gelsinger wants the EU to “take control of its destiny” by securing access to critical semiconductor supplies. He has similarly embarked upon the same mission for the United States. The effort is admirable but also misleading and fatuous. Intel is a public enterprise, not the right arm of… Read More »Intel, Chipmakers, and the Fear Card
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U.S. Lawyers Perpetuate Regulation Myths at The AutonomousSneak Preview: Debunking Industry Narrative on AV RegulationThat Name is More than a GamePodcast: Testing Does Not Equal Safety U.S. Lawyers Perpetuate Regulation Myths at The Autonomous By Junko Yoshida What’s at stake?Germany’s recently passed autonomous-vehicle regulations earned the country bragging rights as the first in the world… Read More »This Week
Podcast: Testing Does Not Equal Safety
Guest: Phil Koopman, associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University We asked Phil: How do you prove safety for computer-based vehicles that depend on software? Phil responds: Testing doesn’t make you safe, it never has, and it never will. Not for software…The way you get safe is not by testing. You get there with safety engineering,… Read More »Podcast: Testing Does Not Equal Safety
U.S. Lawyers Perpetuate Regulation Myths at The Autonomous
In the realm of AV safety and regulation, a stark contrast exists between the approaches advocated in North America and Europe. The disparity was clear in two events that successively took place recently.
Sneak Preview: Debunking Industry Narrative on AV Regulation
The current autonomous vehicle industry strategy seems to boil down to “Trust us, we know what’s best,” “Don’t stifle innovation,” and “Humans are bad drivers, so computers will be better.”
That Name is More than a Game
Intel unveiled a wholesale renaming of its future process nodes in July. This might have seemed an obvious marketing trick to mitigate painful comparisons against TSMC or Samsung. But beneath the surface, the renaming reflects both a decades-old struggle and a global financial reality.
Podcast: Plastic and Beyond
By Peter Clarke In 2021 flexible IC activity crossed an interesting threshold with a circuit characterized by a 29kHz clock frequency. With leading-edge processors clocked at gigahertz frequencies you might ask, “so what?” Well the so-what is low-cost and – maybe – something more significant in the long-term. Listen to Podcast…
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Can Machine Drivers Guess Right About Us Human Drivers?Politicize the Semiconductor Supply Chain and We All LoseThe Romance of the JalopyPodcast: Plastic and Beyond Can Machine Drivers Guess Right About Us Human Drivers? By Junko Yoshida What’s at stake?For both human and machine drivers, perception is hard. Even harder is prediction. The… Read More »This Week
The Romance of the Jalopy
A nagging issue noted at the AutoSens conference is the gap between technology people and car guys. Even more confusing – perhaps even to people creating devices that might usher in a utopia of self-driving vehicles – is that some of the AutoSens crowd occupy both sides of the gulf.
Can Machine Drivers Guess Right About Us Human Drivers?
By Junko Yoshida What’s at stake?For both human and machine drivers, perception is hard. Even harder is prediction. The driver must make reasonable assumptions — guesses — about what other vehicles or pedestrians will do next, in order to forge a safe path through traffic. The question becomes: How can machine drivers guess right, based… Read More »Can Machine Drivers Guess Right About Us Human Drivers?
Politicize the Semiconductor Supply Chain and We All Lose
Semiconductors and software will drive and power societal evolution and economic growth for the foreseeable future. Therefore, the domination of access to the semiconductor supply chain by any country or regional bloc should be anathema to everyone.
Apple Car Hurry-Up Targets Apps & Service Developers
Guest: Colin Barnden, principal analyst at Semicast Research
Apple Car: Makers & Sensors
Since launching Project Titan in 2014, Apple has focused on finding “the right suppliers to set up a supply chain,” said Yole Développement CEO Jean-Christophe Eloy. Who are the likely suppliers?
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Unlocking Apple Car’s Supply ChainApple Car: Makers & SensorsWhat About EV batteries?A Portrait of Apple Beyond the HardwareIt’s Rethink or Sink for PropheseeSmall Is Beautiful: How to Cut Big Tech Down to SizePodcast: Apple Car Hurry-Up Targets Apps & Service Developers Unlocking Apple Car’s Supply Chain By Junko Yoshida What’s at stake? Phil Magney,… Read More »This Week
Unlocking Apple Car’s Supply Chain
Phil Magney, founder of VSI Labs, often says that Tesla is “a proxy of the future vehicle.” What, then, will Apple Car become? Will it be Tesla on steroids, a safer and more secure Tesla, or just a more transparent version of Tesla?
Small Is Beautiful: How to Cut Big Tech Down to Size
I once asked Andy Grove, then CEO of Intel, why his company shouldn’t face antitrust penalties for monopolistic practices.
A Portrait of Apple Beyond the Hardware
The big bet is that Apple will find a way to grow opportunities exponentially in the automotive market by bringing all kinds of add-on commercial, communication, entertainment, and other activities into the box.
It’s Rethink or Sink for Prophesee
The art of growing a startup business lies in “finding a path” that’s timely, practical and scalable. Many sensor startups bet their future on automotive. Prophesee, based in Paris, was one such early gambler.
What About EV Batteries?
Batteries are “by far the most expensive part of BEVs,” automotive industry analyst Egil Juliussen noted. “Supply chains are tricky.”
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