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The Queen of Quantum | Space Docs and The Right Stuff | The Best Interviews

EE Times Current · 23 Dec 2019

What this episode covers

George Leopold, author and space historian, discusses his criteria for the best space documentaries, highlighting films like 'First Man' and 'The Right Stuff' and their historical accuracy. Modvenet, a quantum computing researcher at CEA Lety, explains the race in high-performance computing, detailing qubit types like superconducting and silicon spin, and the specific advantages of quantum annealing for optimization problems. EE Times editors review their favorite 2019 interviews, covering Graphcore's AI chips, Maxim's PUF security technology, Taiwan's AI policy, TDK's sensor vision, and the safety distinctions between ADAS and autonomous vehicles.

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IBM, DWave, Graphcore, Maxim Integrated, TDK, CEA Leti
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First Man, The Right Stuff, Ad Astra, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Apollo 13, The Martian

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