Week In Review: Auto, Security, Pervasive Computing


Google was hit with a class action suit in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, alleging data scraping from millions of users without consent and violation of copyright laws to train and develop its AI products. Last month, the same law firm filed a suit against OpenAI for ChatGPT. Despite calling for a pause on development of advanced AI in March, Elon Musk launched xAI, a new company focu... » read more

Chip Industry’s Technical Paper Roundup: July 12


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=117 /] (more…) » read more

An Advanced Modeling Approach For Cyclic Safety Mechanisms In A Fault Tree Analysis


A technical paper titled "Best Practices for Advanced Modeling of Safety Mechanisms in an FTA" was published by researchers at University of Stuttgart, Robert Bosch GmbH, Audi AG, and Porsche AG. Abstract: "To cope with the megatrends electrification, automated driving, and connectivity, new functionalities and electric and/or electronic systems must be developed, which require a safe power s... » read more

Cybersecurity Risks Of Automotive OTA


Modern vehicles increasingly resemble supercomputers on wheels, with many electronic control units (ECUs) networked together as increasingly sophisticated software is installed and updated. Similar to smartphones, vehicle OEMs will contact vehicle owners remotely about operating system updates that add new features and/or fixes, as well as software bugs and vulnerabilities. But all of this h... » read more

Blog Review: Jan. 27


Synopsys' Godwin Maben finds that applications like high-performance computing and AI are bringing new dynamics to the power equation, and the key power considerations for chip design that will likely emerge over the course of the year. Siemens EDA's Harry Foster checks out trends in verification technology adoption for IC and ASIC design, with increasing numbers of designs using both dynami... » read more