Remove Chinese Remove International Remove Parts Remove Taiwan
article thumbnail

Are Homemade CPUs Alibaba’s Bid For Independence?

Cars That Think

But, impressive as that feat is, an even more significant chip design development by the Chinese tech giant may be making available the source code to a RISC-V CPU core its own engineers designed. The Chinese government is funding a lot of startups that are designing a variety of chips. parts or technology.

Taiwan 100
article thumbnail

Boston-Power to supply Li-ion battery systems to Beijing Electric Vehicle Company for EVs, starting with Saab 9-5 based C70

Green Car Congress

The systems will be based on Boston-Power’s second-generation Swing 5300 cells, said Dr. Christina Lampe-Önnerud, Boston-Power’s Founder and International Chairman. The Chinese government is putting incentives in place to have the market grow. The company’s plant in Taiwan is still operating as well. Earlier post.)

Boston 265
article thumbnail

Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

Cars That Think

Under his leadership, the latter board celebrated milestones including the launch of IEEE’s first multidisciplinary open-access publication, IEEE Access ; the creation of a Chinese-language edition of IEEE Spectrum ; and the 100th anniversary of Proceedings of the IEEE. in applied mathematics in 1980 from Harvard. for 37 years.

Engine 74
article thumbnail

Honda Speaks About Near Future, EV Plans

The Truth About Cars

Honda is touting increased relationships with semiconductor manufacturers, including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited. Overall, the company is aiming for 10 new EVs in the Chinese market by 2027, with 100 percent electrification by 2035. In this case, Honda wants to be 100 percent EV and fuel-cell EV by 2040.

Honda 52
article thumbnail

The 25 Best Restaurants in Chicago Right Now

Baua Electric

In cross-pollinating ingredients from different parts of the world, often together on one plate, the chef Jason Hammel is arguably a key influence for Chicago cooks today. His mother is Chinese, his father Creole. The parents of the executive chef, Chris Jung, are Korean.

Chicago 52
article thumbnail

Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

IBM has its own claim to the invention of an aspect of the device, based on a year-2000 confidential internal report written by one of its employees, Shimon Shmueli. In addition to claims by M-Systems and IBM, perhaps the most complicated rivalry came from the Chinese company Netac Technology. The thumb drive was all that—and more.

Singapore 144
article thumbnail

The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

Cars That Think

By the beginning of the 21st century, South Korea had become a dominant power in the global semiconductor market, meeting more than 60 percent of international demand for memory chips alone. That success can be traced in part to Kim, now an emeritus professor at KAIST. Frederick E.