Blog: It’s the Current, Not Culture
One theme of the documentary "American Factory" is the miscommunication between Chinese and Americans. This review of the film from…
Blog: Engineering in a Gold Mine
Have you ever had to design for extreme conditions or — better yet — have you ever experienced those conditions…
Blog: Our Goals Aren’t Mutually Exclusive
The communications manager of a robotics startup in Shenzhen shares his view of the U.S./China trade war.
Blog: No Electronics, No Moon Landing
The Soviets had bigger boosters, but the American emphasis on weight reduction and its emerging electronics sector proved decisive in…
Blog: Tech Titans Challenging IC Suppliers
Internet platform giants are all interested in custom silicon. Impatient, and with deep pockets, they're getting more prone to going…
Blog: Stuck in the Starting Blocks
As the FANGs design more and more of their own custom chips for AI, they're getting ahead of traditional semiconductor…
Blog: Time to Consider the Human Side of Technologies
If the tech community is genuinely interested in advocating "smart cities," technologists need to become more thoughtful and more involved…
Blog: Where Security Meets Privacy
Our technological capabilities are developing faster than are the laws that dictate how they can be used. There are also…
Blog: Autonomy Aspirations Pivot
We see a noticeable retreat on the availability of SAE levels 4 and 5. Are we dropping autonomy? No, we…
Blog: Will Huawei Survive?
We knew it was going to be bad. But could being placed on the Trump Administration's export blacklist actually be…