February 26, 2021
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Electronics Industry Welcomes Supply Chain Review
Unsurprisingly, the electronics industry is reacting favorably to President Biden's executive order to review critical U.S. supply chains. The Covid-19 pandemic exposed the United States' dependence on foreign supplies including semiconductors and materials used in PPE, medical tests and pharmaceuticals. Reliance on foreign sources is not a new issue in electronics but tariffs, the China-U.S. trade ...
EPS News
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Connected Cars: Show Me The Money
That connected cars are going to generate tons of data has led to the realization that car data monetization is a promising opportunity. Hence, I am asking key ...
EE Times
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Treat Smart City Tech like Sewers, or Better
Smart cities, like many things, took a beating in 2020. Alphabet, Google's parent company, pulled its Sidewalk Labs subsidiary out of a smart-city project in Toronto. ...
IEEE Spectrum
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Suggested Stencil Wipe Frequency?
How do we determine what is the best under stencil wipe frequency? As always, the Assembly Brothers Phil Zarrow and Jim Hall, share their own insights and experiences ...
Circuit Insight - Board Talk
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Low Temperature SMT Solder Evaluation
Recent advances in alloy "doping" have opened the door to revisit Sn/Bi alloys as a possible alternative to SAC-305 for many applications.
Circuit Insight - Production Floor
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Licensing Interconnect IP for Fun & Profit
"Build or buy" is an age-old question. But here's another one: Why do you even license IP? Nobody builds their own Mercedes-Benz from scratch. Even if you're a ...
EE Times
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AI market to grow 16% in 2021, says IDC
Worldwide revenues for the artificial intelligence (AI) market, including software, hardware and services, are forecast to grow 16.4% on year in 2021 to US$327.5 billion, ...
Digitimes
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✷ ✷ Supplier Spotlight ✷ ✷
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Kyocera
Kyocera's global operations include a diverse range ...
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Mycronic AB
Mycronic is a Swedish high-tech company that ...
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Test Your Knowledge
When and where was the first nuclear power plant in the United States?
See answer below.
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Quote of the Day
"Tell me, and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand." Native American Proverb
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"Our new coffee maker uses individual flavor cups. This one tastes like greed and ambition!"
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Test Your Knowledge Answer
When and where was the first nuclear power plant in the United States? Answer: In December 1957, Shippingport, Pennsylvania, became the site of the first full-scale nuclear power plant in the United States.
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