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Following the Money: How CHIPS Act Subsidies Will Be Spent
The Commerce Department is scrambling to develop a framework for determining eligibility, investments and oversight.
What Can U.S. Learn From China’s ‘Big Fund’ Fiasco?
Don’t assume things that happened in China would never happen in the United States. Big funding attracts many players scheming to leverage it.
Road Test Using ‘Live’ Kids Exposes AV Absurdity
Silicon Valley’s tech culture, Detroit’s insistence on vehicle self-certification, and regulatory inaction have created a trifecta that places safety testing in the hands of amateurs.
Podcast: Technology Innovation and Our Manufacturing Future
Dan Breznitz offers a blueprint for fixing our fragile supply chains by addressing head-on the realities of globalization.
Intel Should Adopt Pure-Play Foundry Model
Economist Dan Breznitz argues Intel must shift its focus from R&D to the emerging geopolitical imperative: manufacturing semiconductors.
What Caught Our Eye This Week
AMD’s China AV strategy, Taiwan nixes Foxconn’s China investment
Patent Manager Expands Semiconductor Focus with Intel Deal
A deal between Intel and licensing specialist IPValue is the latest centered on offloading patent-management duties.
Their Credibility Shaken, Can AV Companies Recover?
Press releases, blog posts and tweets from CEOs can only carry new technology so far. Lacking in the AV industry is not PR, but a ‘safety case.’
Signing CHIPS Act, Biden Touts Semiconductor Investments
Partners GlobalFoundries and Qualcomm along with memory maker Micron time announcements to coincide with signing ceremony.
What Caught Our Eye This Week
China’s YMTC in the crosshairs, Pelosi meets with TSMC, greener AI training.
Tough Questions for Intel CEO and Its Board
A U.S. semiconductor revival may hinge on the fortunes of a reeling semiconductor pioneer.
Podcast: The CHIPS Act and How Best to Spend $52B
Arijit Raychowdhury, Georgia Tech engineering professor, discusses investments in U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and bridging the skills gap.
Enlisting the Semiconductor Army
Chip manufacturers are increasingly turning to military veterans to help run a batch of new U.S. fabs.
Beware the Semiconductor ‘Bullwhip Effect’
With IC demand softening, vendors of semiconductor manufacturing equipment are bracing for a slowdown in 2023.
CHIPS Act: Opening a Pipeline for New Engineers
A Georgia Tech EE professor shares his views on how to spend the $52 billion earmarked for domestic manufacturing support.
Volvo Needs to Radically Rethink Ride Pilot
In 2017 Volvo promised self-driving cars for sale by 2021. Here’s what happened.
So You Want to Build a Fab
With global technology supply chains suddenly one miscalculation away from seizing up, is building a foundry the answer?
What Caught Our Eye This Week
Euro batteries, chip stocks, declining smartphone demand.
Intel Tripped by ‘Execution’ Challenges; Can it Rise Again?
Intel’s second quarter results were the worst in years, triggering questions about its future
House Approves CHIPS Act
President Biden lauds passage, expects to sign semiconductor legislation in coming days.
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