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June 19, 2013
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviets, were executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York.

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Onshoring an Option for Electronics Industry
Between PRC spying, increasingly strategic IT, and costs rising towards levels that make US manufacturing competitive, more US manufacturers should consider ...
EBN
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Toshiba to cut TV business costs by $104 million this fiscal year
Japan's Toshiba Corp plans to cut about $104 million in costs this fiscal year by reorganizing its network of television factories in Indonesia, China and Poland ...
Reuters
Improve Etching Performance
This paper discusses a new technology to improve etching performance using shiny side surface treatment on copper foil.
IPC Outlook - Materials Tech
AT&T to Introduce Solar-Powered Charging Stations
As keeping the mobile life going becomes ever more important, both to wireless customers and the providers who serve them, AT&T says it has a new way to keep ...
The New York Times
Adapting to Automation
While we await Immanuel Kant's perpetual peace, there will be wars; and if the president of the United States must sometimes defend the bad against the worse, ...
MIT Technology Review
Batteries hold key to wearable device revolution
Longer-lasting batteries are crucial for a new crop of wearable computers whose rise may upend Apple and Google's dominance of mobile devices, two of the field's ...
Reuters
New storage technologies to deal with the data deluge
As enterprise storage demands escalate, disk densities continue to rise. But the real magic is in software, where speed and size come together. Douglas Soltesz, ...
Computerworld
Components Lifting During Wave Soldering
We have a problem with components rising while going through wave soldering. We prefer to avoid lead clinching. What do you suggest?
IPC Outlook - Ask the Experts
Flash vs HDD: Demand too large for either to cater alone
Rajesh Khurana, country manager, Seagate India, in an interaction with Deepa Damodaran of CIOL shares his view on what will drive enterprise storage device market. ...
CIOL
China takes fastest supercomputer crown
China has retaken the top slot on the twice-yearly Top500 List of supercomputers announced this week at the International Supercomputing Conference in Leipzig, ...
EE Times
Flying Robots
I don't use the word "drone," which originally referred to remotely piloted planes used for anti-aircraft target practice and is now closely associated with ...
MIT Technology Review
Rework of Large Surface Mount Connectors
Paper discusses how to assemble and rework large SMT connectors and how to assure compliance without sacrificing solder joint reliability and performance.
IPC Outlook - Production Floor
Vietnam Stymied by Ongoing Port Headache
A few years ago, rising wages in China made cheaper Vietnamese electronic assembly the next big thing. But no one counted on the port failing. In 2011, riding a ...
EBN
GE Opens New Printed Circuit Board Assembly Center in Nevada
GE's Measurement & Control business has opened a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) center to provide prototypes and testing for all Measurement & Control ...
Automation World
Intel confirms a smartwatch is in the pipeline
Intel chief technology officer Justin Rattner recently confirmed rumors that the chip maker is indeed working on a smartwatch. The admission came during the ...
TechSpot
Jabil Is Still in Transition
The last time I talked about Jabil Circuit I said the company was going to remain in a "holding pattern" for the foreseeable future. I didn't believe it was going ...
The Street
Will You or the Grid Control Your Electric Car?
There's a place in Austin, Texas, where the residents have agreed to be the test subjects for a renewable energy and smart grid future--and it's named after a nut. ...
Scientific American
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Viscom SI Release 7.46 – more performance for Viscom 3-D SPI, AOI and AXI
With the Software Release SI 7.46, the developers at Viscom have integrated many new functionalities that further increase the performance capability ...
Viscom AG
Pulses' mLUX Translucent Flex Antenna Enables Innovative Industrial Designs
Master Electronics Receives Honeywell Distributor of the Year Award
Continued Growth Prompts JOT Automation's Move to New Facility in the US
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PoP Assembly Options
Which of the following is suggested for (PoP) package on package assembly? Option 1: Use a fixture to support the lower package, reflow the top package on the bottom package ...
  Responses by:
  Fritz Byle, Process Engineer, Astronautics
  Stephen Schoppe, President, Process Sciences, Inc.
  Leo Lambert, Vice President, Technical Director, EPTAC Corporation
Removal of Non-functional Pads from Inner Layers
BGA Rework Flux Recommendation
Reflow for Metal Core PCBs
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Process Cleaning Rate Theory
Ten Rules for Jumper Wires
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Designing Circuit Boards for Selective Robotic Coating Application
The Elegance of Line Scan Technology for AOI
Advanced Device Serialization Using an External Serialization Server
Understanding Machine Vision Verification of 1D and 2D Barcodes
Enclosed Media Printing as an Alternative to Metal Blades
Fast Track Supply Chain Streamlining
Silicone Electrically Conductive Adhesives Go Extreme
Epoxy Innovations Drive Adhesive Bonding Growth
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Jun 26, 2013 - Semiconductor Reliability Short Course (Malaysia)
Jun 26, 2013 - Etek Europe Ltd Cleaning & Conformal Coating Technology Day
Jun 27, 2013 - Upper Midwest Expo & Tech Forum
Jul 1, 2013 - Failure Analysis
Jul 1, 2013 - Failure and Yield Analysis (Malaysia)
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