A process design kit (PDK) is a by now fairly standard part of any transformation of a new chip design into silicon. A PDK describes how a design maps to a foundry’s tools, which itself are ...

I have no doubt a PDK car with the same detail specification would lap quicker than the manual car’s 1:23.6 best, but I’m equally certain it wouldn’t be anywhere near as satisfying.

Porsche is celebrating five years of its PDK twin-clutch gearbox. Porsche Doppelkupplung – to give it its full title – launched in the second-gen 997 Carrera in 2008, replacing the Tiptronic ...