Semiconductor Showdown: Canada Enters the Chip Race
Disruptors21 Helmi 2023

Semiconductor Showdown: Canada Enters the Chip Race

Is the hustle to build a reliable, domestic supply of semiconductors the new space race?

Semiconductors are small computer chips the size of a fingerprint that contain hundreds of millions, if not billions, of tiny transistors. And they’re essential for today’s electronics—from coffee machines to data centres that run the Internet. The world needs a lot of them to function.

But the world is a complicated place, filled with even more complicated supply chains. Nations worldwide are announcing semiconductor strategies to either onshore their production or at the very least make sure they aren’t being left behind.

On this episode of Disruptors, an RBC podcast, host John Stackhouse is joined by Benjamin Bergen, president of the Council of Canadian Innovators, and the co-author of a recent Globe and Mail op-ed, “U.S. is seizing the moment on chips and semiconductors—why can’t Canada?”

He’ll also speak to Jim Keller, CEO of Toronto-based Tenstorrent, makers of specialized AI application chips.

Semiconductor production is extremely complex and their factories are the most expensive in human history. Does Canada have the resources and know-how to keep up? Listen in to find out.



To read Benjamin Bergen’s op-ed, click here, to find out more about the Council of Canadian Innovators, go to their website. Click here to find out more about Tenstorrent’s specialized Next Generation chips. For more information about the U.S. government’s Chips and Science act, click here.


Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jaksot(218)

How Indigenous Business Can Accelerate Canada’s Net Zero Transition

How Indigenous Business Can Accelerate Canada’s Net Zero Transition

If Canada is going to transition to clean energy, we’ve got to involve and engage our Indigenous communities for economic development and reconciliation.On this episode of Disruptors, an RBC Podcast, ...

27 Kesä 202329min

Building Green Part 2: Harnessing High-Tech To Lower Emissions

Building Green Part 2: Harnessing High-Tech To Lower Emissions

It all starts with the envelope—a building’s envelope, that is, to create more sustainable, comfortable homes and offices. Then the power of innovative materials and software comes together to create ...

13 Kesä 202330min

Building Green: Fixing Canada’s Leaky Homes

Building Green: Fixing Canada’s Leaky Homes

Canada is a nation of builders—but buildings are our third biggest source of greenhouse gases and release some 90 million tonnes of C02 annually.On Part 1 of a special two-part series of Disruptors, a...

30 Touko 202329min

Innovation Nation: 3 Canadians Share Their Secrets

Innovation Nation: 3 Canadians Share Their Secrets

Have you ever wondered what qualities make up a true innovator? How do they approach problems and create new solutions? Is it nature or nurture?On this episode of Disruptors, an RBC Podcast, host John...

16 Touko 202328min

From Ship to Shelf: Vancouver’s Port of the Future

From Ship to Shelf: Vancouver’s Port of the Future

The COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather events and record e-commerce demand have shone a spotlight on the world’s supply chains. The journey of how we receive “stuff” is quite complicated—and fragile. ...

2 Touko 202324min

Ten Questions on Climate for Earth Day

Ten Questions on Climate for Earth Day

On this episode of Disruptors, an RBC podcast, host John Stackhouse is joined by a special guest co-host: Lindsay Patrick, Head of Strategic Initiatives & ESG at RBC Capital Markets, where she leads t...

18 Huhti 202322min

Soil: An Unexpected Climate Change Champion

Soil: An Unexpected Climate Change Champion

Soil. We have a lot of it here in Canada, with the 12th largest agricultural land holding in the world. Our vast land presents a large opportunity to help combat climate change with sequestering carbo...

4 Huhti 202329min

Cyber Wars: A Good Offense Is the Best Defense

Cyber Wars: A Good Offense Is the Best Defense

Cyber threats have been around as long as the Internet, but attacks have ramped up in the last few years, with the pandemic dramatically shifting more of our work—and our lives—online. Organizations a...

21 Maalis 202331min

Suosittua kategoriassa Liike-elämä ja talous

sijotuskasti
psykopodiaa-podcast
mimmit-sijoittaa
rss-rahapodi
rss-lahtijat
rahapuhetta
rss-rahamania
rss-neuvottelija-sami-miettinen
rss-porssipuhetta
ostan-asuntoja-podcast
rss-laakispodi
rss-bisnesta-bebeja
rss-porssipodi
taloudellinen-mielenrauha
rss-strategian-seurassa
rss-h-asselmoilanen
rss-startup-ministerio
rss-yrittajat-ymparillani
rss-merja-mahkan-rahat
rss-paasipodi