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Defying Doubters, Silicon Box Plans Chiplet Foundry
Silicon Box is a story of redemption, chutzpah, and conviction. For 30 years, Sehat Sutardja, his wife Weili Dai, along with Byung Joon (BJ) Han, have persevered in their dream of designing and producing the chip of tomorrow.
The Only Substitute for TSMC Right Now is TSMC
The so far futile search for a second foundry source for advanced semiconductor components is intensifying as chipmakers try to avoid future procurement challenges.
China: Irreplaceable Western Supply Chain ‘Frenemy’?
Geopolitical challenges between the West and China are impacting trade relations, worrying semiconductor executives. Will their overtures help get the warring parties talking?
Math Quiz: 2X Growth or 4X Carbon?
Has the semiconductor industry honestly embraced ‘sustainability’ to protect its bottom line?
Lies, Damn Lies, and AV Statistics
Cruise’s rapidly growing tally of driverless miles doesn’t prove that it is safer than a human driver. It proves that driving is safer at slower speeds.
Where Are AMD, Intel & Qualcomm in the Chiplet Rush?
Everyone wants chiplets to succeed. What’s still missing?
Yes, it is the Supply Chain, Ladies & Gents
Design engineers are waking up to the realization that their involvement is critical to finding better solutions to the electronics industry’s intractable demand-supply imbalances. How long will they stay interested in solving the riddles involved, though?
Renesas’ $2B Investment Will Keep on Giving
Paying billions of dollars for semiconductor component supplies is not new. Apple does it frequently. But $2 billion downpayment for 10 years of supplies breaks the mold. What is Renesas playing at and why did Wolfspeed say “Yes”?
Street Wars – Attack of the Cones
Why is the state of the robotaxi operation in San Francisco what it is today? There is neither consequence nor accountability when Cruise and Waymo block public transit and first responders.
Moving AI-Driven Data Between Tools and Fabs
As SEMI works on the Smart Data-AI initiative, Teradyne embraces “Open Architecture,” rolling out a real-time analytics product for testing that can cleanly interface with the rest of the design and manufacturing flow.
Podcast: OceanGate’s Submersible Design Was Deeply Flawed
Submersible expert and underwater salvage pioneer Curt Newport says OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush ignored safety protocols.
The Future of Chiplets
They might transform the industry – or they might become a niche. Chiplets will rise or fall on the strength of interconnect, known-good-die and architectural choices.
China-US Technology Cold War: Is Détente Still Possible?
China is striking back at the West for restricting its access to leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing equipment and AI chips. By imposing export license on the semiconductor raw materials it controls, the PRC is widening the battlegrounds of the Tech Cold War.
Jim Keller’s Journey from CPUs to CEO
‘Lone wolf’ is the popular image for renowned computer architects. But Keller is no loner, having gone from hands-on engineer to CEO at AI chip startup Tenstorrent.
Pilot v. Autopilot: Who’s The Boss?
Understanding human-factor science is the key to safety—in designing aircraft or automobiles.
The Secret Life of a Quantum Computing CEO
Maud Vinet has uncanny knack for leading the way in new technologies.
Chips, Politics, High Numbers
Never trust the high numbers put forward by excitable company CEOs and politicians that they say they will be spending in building wafer fabs and on other high capital expenditure projects.
Podcast: Ground Truth for Highly Automated Vehicles
A number of state departments of transportation want to evaluate the compatibility of their roads with the emerging technologies used in highly automated vehicles.
Jim Keller Sketches AI Strategy to Bypass Nvidia
The success of Jim Keller, a renowned CPU architect and CEO at AI startup Tenstorrent, is not pre-ordained. His goal to offer an alternative to Nvidia’s AI is clear, though.
Intel Hones Funding Plans for its Mammoth Fab Splurge
Intel needs more money than governments can give for its new fabs, so it is sharing ownership of some fabs with investors in a novel funding strategy
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