Volkswagen's self-driving car revolution
Published in Transportation
Wednesday, 20 March 2024 11:23

Volkswagen's self-driving car revolution


Teaming up with tech titans for a driverless dream

Volkswagen has partnered with Mobileye to turbocharge its motors with nifty automated driving tech.

Intel plans to spin off its programmable chip business
Published in PC Hardware


Intel will retain a majority stake

Intel said it will treat its programmable chip unit as a standalone business and wants to spin it off through an IPO in two to three years.

Chipzilla spends $25 billion on a new factory in Israel
Published in News


Largest international investment in Israel

US chipmaker Intel will spend $25 billion on a new factory in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, calling it the largest-ever international investment in the country.

Chipzilla to make its self-driving car unit public
Published in Transportation


Mobileye plans IPO 

Intel is planning to make its self-driving-car unit Mobileye a public company in the middle of next year -- an IPO which could value the Israeli unit at more than $50 billion

Intel's Mobileye tests AVs in Gotham City
Published in Transportation
Thursday, 22 July 2021 10:41

Intel's Mobileye tests AVs in Gotham City


If it can make it there, it can make it anywhere

Mobileye, the company that specialises in chips for vision-based autonomous vehicles, is now testing its AVs in New York City.  This is a bit tricky because New York has harsh restrictions around such testing. 

MobileEye mocks Nvidia as a copycat
Published in Transportation
Tuesday, 26 March 2019 12:24

MobileEye mocks Nvidia as a copycat


Your stuff is rather similar

MobileEye boss Amnon Shashua took a swing at the GPU company named after a Roman vengeance demon.

Intel chooses Jerusalem for self-driving tests
Published in Transportation


Because it's difficult

Part of Intel's attempt to re-engineer its business is getting into the self-driving business and now its Mobileye division said it has chosen Jerusalem to test its technology.

Intel writes $13.5 billion cheque for MobileEye
Published in News


Self-driving car software belongs to Chipzilla


Chipzilla has just written a $13.5 billion cheque to buy its Jerusalem-based partner MobilEye.