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AI Chip Revelations | A Corporate Soap Opera | The Sounds of a Pandemic

EE Times Current · 17 Apr 2020 · 38m

What this episode covers

EE Times editors discuss the corporate turmoil at Imagination Technologies, where CEO Ron Black was removed following a dispute with Chinese-backed owner Canyon Bridge over board control and IP security. Analyst Kevin Krewell reports on the Spring Linley Conference, highlighting new AI chip architectures from Groq, Cerebras, and Flex Logi, while noting that software complexity remains the primary challenge. The episode concludes with a global audio essay, 'The Sounds of the Pandemic,' featuring personal accounts of life during lockdown from Italy, Taiwan, the UK, France, and China.

Most relevant to

large enterprises

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Imagination Technologies, Canyon Bridge, Groq, Cerebras, Flex Logi, Arm, Nvidia, TSMC, Global Foundries
Products
Arduino
Also
Ron Black, RISC-V

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