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Words to the Wise with Sally Ward-Foxton

EE Times Current · 7 Oct 2022 · 22m

What this episode covers

Sally Ward-Foxton, an EE Times reporter and host of the 'AI with Sally' podcast, discusses her new e-book 'Words to the Wise,' which compiles interviews with top semiconductor CEOs like Victor Peng, Wally Rhinds, and Simon Beresford-Wiley. She highlights the importance of in-person journalism, recounting visits to Analllytic’s anechoic chamber and Nvidia’s HQ to see the Hopper silicon and Cerebras’ wafer-scale chip firsthand. Ward-Foxton also analyzes the industry's AI landscape, from massive data center accelerators to tiny edge devices, and shares career advice from industry leaders on timing, risk, and mentorship.

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Companies
EE Times, Odyssey Semiconductor, Arm, Qualcomm, Nvidia, Cerebras, Analllytic, Mentor Graphics, Zylinx, Cadence, National Instruments, NXP, STMicroelectronics, onsemi, Imagination Technologies
Products
Words to the Wise
Chips
Hopper
Materials
Gallium Nitride

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