By 2030, Intel CEO predicts chips would account for 20% of car costs.
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anticupidon
That's a daring prediction. But not so far fetched.
But that means that a mechanism would be rendered useless without software/chips to operate it. And mechanics will have to adapt. Or their branch will be also reduced to simply checking software updates?
StevieSleep
For an industry that routinely would shun a supplier for raising the price of a 20$ board by 1$ this is beyond far fetched. If you look at a car built 2 years ago without any context, judging only by the tech inside it, you'd assume they built it 10 years ago.
Arguing that the chips alone are going to be that expensive is an overly optimistic statement even if you assumed full self driving would be the standard by then. The only way I could see this happening is automation taking over and cars going down in price by at least half if not more.
Dragam1337
~AngusHades~
anticupidon
On the side of these news, insurance and security regarding cars will evolve in something more IT field fused into automotive industry.
Car hacking will evolve, cyber security will be in demand.
PrMinisterGR
Dragam1337
lmimmfn
schmidtbag
Brasky
In Intel's perfect world where they can continue driving up the cost of sand so that's it's absurd.
Embra
Silicon supplies may be come stressed. There are signs it is already happening.
waltc3
If you'll notice, Intel has become very fond of predicting what will be happening in the next 20-30 years, lately. But, just three years ago, Intel did not predict the rise of AMD's Ryzen and EPYC, oddly enough. It's worrisome when a company has almost nothing to say about its immediate product line, but starts spouting off predictions that are decades away in the future. Intel needs to concentrate on the next 2-3 years, imo, and leave future decades to themselves. Often, companies do this to try and take the focus off of what they are not accomplishing today.
tunejunky
alanm
Margalus
tunejunky
Mufflore
I prefer my car to be simple yet powerful.
All this connected crap isnt necessary.
All I need is a car that will do what I want when I want.
Basic computer systems ok.
Anything beyond that, get f****d.
KissSh0t
alanm
Mufflore