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Vikram Sekar
Personal blog · viksnewsletter.comhardwareaiscience
Vikram Sekar writes Vik's Newsletter, a personal blog at viksnewsletter.com about hardware, ai and science. Since 2024, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 33 times, most often “Why the Chip Industry Is Struggling to Attract the Next Generation”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for engineering explainers on automotive radar and semiconductor supply chains. Commenters mostly cite it or ask the author about process, and one praises the figures in the radar posts.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
AI infrastructure research across photonics, memory, interconnects, power, and packaging. Engineering depth translated for professionals and investors.
Most-linked posts?
- Why the Chip Industry Is Struggling to Attract the Next Generation3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-04-20
- Tesla's Big Bet: Cameras over Lidar for Self Driving Cars2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-11-18
- Dennard Scaling Allowed Transistors to Shrink2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-01-13
What Hacker News says?
Related: https://www.viksnewsletter.com/p/teslas-big-bet-cameras-over...
Comment linking /p/teslas-big-bet-cameras-over-lidar
on “A Short Introduction to Automotive Lidar Technology”Submitted A Short Introduction to Automotive Lidar Technology as a story · 254 points
HN discussionInteresting related article I found just browsing some news and trying to understand the impacts; "The Semiconductor Apocalypse No One Would See Coming" https://www.viksnewsletter.com/p/the-semiconductor-apocalyps...
Comment linking /p/the-semiconductor-apocalypse-no-one
on “Essential node in global semiconductor supply chain hit by Hurricane Helene”Submitted Origami-Inspired Phased Arrays Are Reshaping the Future of Antennas as a story · 124 points
HN discussionAuthor here: You can still use angle of arrival estimates from the MIMO antenna system to track the object. https://www.viksnewsletter.com/p/how-radar-measures-angle?r=...
Comment linking /p/how-radar-measures-angle?r=222kot&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
on “How automotive radar measures the velocity of objects”Submitted How automotive radar measures the velocity of objects as a story · 95 points
HN discussionAuthor here: I primarily use Excalidraw. I wrote an article detailing how I go about writing my newsletter here. https://www.viksnewsletter.com/p/how-i-write-an-engineering-...
Comment linking /p/how-i-write-an-engineering-newsletter?r=222kot&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
on “How automotive radar measures the velocity of objects”Submitted Why the Chip Industry Is Struggling to Attract the Next Generation as a story · 44 points
HN discussionI really like the figures in this and the previous entry: https://www.viksnewsletter.com/p/how-automotive-radar-uses-c... If the author is here I would be curious to know your process and tools to generate the graphs and figures?
Comment linking /p/how-automotive-radar-uses-chirp-signals
on “How automotive radar measures the velocity of objects”Submitted How Foundries Calculate Die Yield as a story · 44 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why the Chip Industry Is Struggling to Attract the Next Generation as a story · 18 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why the Chip Industry Is Struggling to Attract the Next Generation as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tesla's Big Bet: Cameras over Lidar for Self Driving Cars as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Learn Chip Design with Open-Source EDA Tools as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Learn Chip Design with Open-Source EDA Tools as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tuning, Filtering and Switching helps Smartphones deal with 50 Frequencies as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted HBM Is the Ugly Baby: What Now? – By Vikram Sekar as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Fathom Light Uses Lidar in Long Range Airborne Applications as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Gigabit Wall: No More Need for Speed as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Understanding Energy Bands in Semiconductors as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dennard Scaling Allowed Transistors to Shrink as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tesla's Big Bet: Cameras over Lidar for Self Driving Cars as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Future of RF Filter Technology as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Guide to Noise Sources in MOS Transistors as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How AI Demand Is Driving a Multi-Year Memory Supercycle as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Building Smarter EDA Tools Is Key to Winning the AI Era as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Comprehensive Primer on Advanced Semiconductor Packaging as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Edge-AI Chips Can Solve the Cocktail Party Problem as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dennard Scaling Allowed Transistors to Shrink as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted We can't build lasers on silicon as a story · 1 points
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