General Motors explains why it ditched Apple Carplay
Published in Transportation


Safety reasons -- Apple users are idiots

General Motors has cited safety as the reason it decided to phase out Apple CarPlay and Android Auto and move to built-in infotainment systems developed with Google.

General Motors culls nine executives in robotaxi safety investigation
Published in Transportation


Chief Operating Officer among them

General Motors' Cruise robotaxi unit dismissed nine executives amid an ongoing safety investigation, which the company confirmed included Chief Operating Officer Gil West.

Microsoft signs deal with Cruise
Published in Transportation
Wednesday, 20 January 2021 11:24

Microsoft signs deal with Cruise


Azure cloud-computing platform for cars

Microsoft is joining GM, Honda and others in a $2 billion investment round in Cruise to help commercialise its self-driving cars.

General Motors' wireless battery management looks interesting
Published in Transportation


End of orange wires everywhere

IEEE Spectrum has been looking under the bonnet of  General Motors' wireless battery management system.

ARM holds hands with GM and Toyota over self-driving cars
Published in Transportation


Need to get some common computing systems

ARM is joining with General Motors and Toyota standard computing systems for self-driving cars, an effort the companies hope will speed development of the technology.

Jim Anderson, SVP and GM, leaves AMD
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 29 August 2018 12:06

Jim Anderson, SVP and GM, leaves AMD


Becomes a CEO of Lattice Semiconductor

The man who played a key role in Ryzen and Threadripper 1 and 2 comeback, Jim Anderson a general manager at AMD, has left to become the CEO of Lattice Semiconductor, a FPGA maker.

Driverless taxis will lead self driving surge
Published in News
Tuesday, 22 November 2016 16:18

Driverless taxis will lead self driving surge


I had that Bill Gates in the back of my taxi once

A report said that millions of professional drivers will lose their jobs as self driving vehicles make their debut.

Nvidia VP of software goes to General Motors
Published in News
Thursday, 10 November 2016 10:29

Nvidia VP of software goes to General Motors


Self-driving Sasha Ostojic

It was quite a big deal when a key Zen engineer, Jim Keller, left AMD for Tesla, and we are starting to see a trend now as Sasha Ostojic Vice President, Software at Nvidia has taken a job at General Motors.