# Monte Carlo Formula E Race | Trade War: China’s View | AI @ Hot Chips

- Show: [EE Times Current](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current)
- Published: 2019-05-31
- Length: 20m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-05-31-monte-carlo-formula-e-race-trade-war-chinas-view-ai-hot-chips
- Listen: https://podcast.show/aspencore/episode/44366868/

## Summary

Rick Merritt reports on the Hot Chips conference lineup, highlighting a shift toward AI accelerators with talks from Cerebras, Habana, Intel, and Upmem, while noting Huawei's potential absence due to trade tensions. Junko Yoshida interviews David Fritz from Siemens about the design challenges of autonomous vehicle SoCs, contrasting the automotive industry's reactive validation cycles with the smartphone industry's rigorous pre-silicon methodologies. Sally Ward Foxton reports from the Formula E race in Monte Carlo, discussing the new Gen2 car's battery capacity and the critical role of software in powertrain management, while also highlighting team principal Susie Wolff's experiences with gender bias in motorsport. Finally, Echo Zhao provides a perspective from China on the US-China trade war, describing the pragmatic response of electronics suppliers like Huawei and their 'Plan B' vendors.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-05-31-monte-carlo-formula-e-race-trade-war-chinas-view-ai-hot-chips#t=0) Introduction and Hot Chips AI Shift
- [0:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-05-31-monte-carlo-formula-e-race-trade-war-chinas-view-ai-hot-chips#t=58) Hot Chips Conference Highlights
- [3:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-05-31-monte-carlo-formula-e-race-trade-war-chinas-view-ai-hot-chips#t=194) Autonomous Vehicle SoC Design Challenges
- [6:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-05-31-monte-carlo-formula-e-race-trade-war-chinas-view-ai-hot-chips#t=370) Siemens and Smartphone Validation Comparison
- [9:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-05-31-monte-carlo-formula-e-race-trade-war-chinas-view-ai-hot-chips#t=541) Formula E Gen2 Car and Software Importance
- [9:21](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-05-31-monte-carlo-formula-e-race-trade-war-chinas-view-ai-hot-chips#t=561) Susie Wolff and Gender in Motorsport
- [12:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-05-31-monte-carlo-formula-e-race-trade-war-chinas-view-ai-hot-chips#t=752) China's View on the Trade War
- [14:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-05-31-monte-carlo-formula-e-race-trade-war-chinas-view-ai-hot-chips#t=885) Huawei's Pragmatic Response and Plan B Suppliers
- [18:56](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-05-31-monte-carlo-formula-e-race-trade-war-chinas-view-ai-hot-chips#t=1136) High Tech History and Closing

## Topics

- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)
- [Energy & climate tech](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/energy-and-climate-tech)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises

## Mentioned

- Hot Chips (other)
- Cerebras (company)
- Habana (company)
- Intel (company)
- Upmem (company)
- Huawei (company)
- AMD (company)
- IBM (company)
- Siemens (company)
- Qualcomm (company)
- NXP (company)
- STMicroelectronics (company)
- Formula E (other)
- Venturi (company)
- Tesla (company)
- Susie Wolff (other)
- Felipe Massa (other)
- Apple (company)
- Sega (company)

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