MEP EP#248: Keeping The Spirit Costs Extra

<h4><a href="https://macrofab.com/blog/mep-ep248-keeping-the-spirit-costs-extra">MEP EP#248: Keeping The Spirit Costs Extra</a><br></h4><h4>Parker</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.fierceelectronics.com/electronics/amd-to-buy-xilinx-for-35-billion-stock" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AMD to buy Xilinx for $35 billion in stock</a> <ul> <li>Wasn’t that long ago that Intel bought Altera</li> <li>Why such a merger?</li> <li>Sharing topography, technology, and manufacturing techniques</li> </ul> </li> <li>Tariffs and the Election <ul> <li>Engineers and Manufacturers have been decoupling from China for the last 4 years</li> <li>The big question is what happens next.</li> <li>If Biden wins, are the Trump tariffs gone? Or will we keep them? What happens if Trump wins?</li> </ul> </li> <li>Tesla self driving <ul> <li>Imagine learning there is no autonomous driving and it's just a bunch of dudes mechanically turking your car</li> <li>This could be the end game with Starlink. Work from Home Uber to drive cars!</li> <li><a href="https://talkingpointz.com/johnny-cab/#:~:text=In%20the%20movie%20Total%20Recall,that%20interacts%20with%20the%20passengers.&amp;text=Driverless%20cars%20will%20also%20be,That's%20the%20goal." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Johnny Cab</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h4>Stephen</h4> <ul> <li>Revitalizing old products <ul> <li>What and how to “modernize” electronics</li> <li>Design decisions <ul> <li>Through Hole vs SMD</li> <li>Component Placement</li> <li>Design for machines</li> <li>Packages</li> </ul> </li> <li>Keeping the spirit of the original</li> </ul> </li> <li>Beware of single sourcing <ul> <li><a href="https://www.the-miyanichi.co.jp/kennai/_48297.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Semiconductor facility fire</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul>