Macrofab Engineering Podcast

MEP EP#248: Keeping The Spirit Costs ExtraParker AMD to buy Xilinx for $35 billion in stock Wasn’t that long ago that Intel bought Altera Why such a merger? Sharing topography, technology, and manufacturing techniques Tariffs and the Election Engineers and Manufacturers have been decoupling from China for the last 4 years The big question is what happens next. If Biden wins, are the Trump tariffs gone? Or will we keep them? What happens if Trump wins? Tesla self driving Imagine learning there is no autonomous driving and it's just a bunch of dudes mechanically turking your car This could be the end game with Starlink. Work from Home Uber to drive cars! Johnny Cab Stephen Revitalizing old products What and how to “modernize” electronics Design decisions Through Hole vs SMD Component Placement Design for machines Packages Keeping the spirit of the original Beware of single sourcing Semiconductor facility fire