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Startupalooza: The Silicon 100 | Humanitarian Engineering | Horses to Starships

EE Times Current · 3 Jul 2020 · 47m

What this episode covers

Peter Clarke, editor of EE Times' Silicon 100, discusses the expansion of the list from 60 to 100 startups, driven by a surge in AI and semiconductor ventures, and analyzes the cultural and funding differences between startups in California, China, and Europe. Mary Pilotte, a professor at Purdue University, explains the university's Humanitarian Engineering program, which trains students to apply engineering skills to global infrastructure and disaster relief challenges. The episode concludes with a retrospective on the transformative impact of the Sony Walkman and the iPhone on consumer electronics.

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large enterprises and established companies

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Companies
EE Times, Purdue University, Sony, Apple, Intel, ARM, SiFive, Dartmouth, Colorado School of Mines, Oregon State University, Ohio State University, University of New South Wales
Products
Silicon 100, Walkman, iPhone
Also
RISC-V

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