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July 26, 2024
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Factors Affecting the Cost of PCB Fabrication
Understanding the various factors that influence the key considerations that impact the cost of PCB fabrication, ranging from the number of layers and copper weight to specific design choices and manufacturing processes.
Technical Paper
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Apple's China market share shrinks as Huawei surges
Apple Inc.’s market share in China decreased by two percentage points in Q2, falling to 14%, due to intense competition from Huawei. This drop moved Apple from third to sixth place in China’s smartphone market. In contrast, Huawei's 'hipments surged 41% year-on-year.
Taipei Times
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PsiQuantum plans to build the biggest quantum computing facility in the US
PsiQuantum partners with Illinois to build the largest US-based quantum computing facility, aiming for a million-qubit computer within ten years. Utilizing photonic qubits, PsiQuantum's approach promises higher efficiency and scalability, with operations in Illinois and Australia planned.
MIT Technology Review
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What Causes Solder Balls During Hand Soldering?
We have experienced solder balls during automated reflow. Now we are finding solder balls during the hand soldering. Phil Zarrow and Jim Hall, The Assembly Brothers, offer their own suggestions and recommendations for eliminating solder balls.
Circuit Insight - Board Talk
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What's Tesla's plan?
Elon Musk claims Tesla's self-driving tech will enable a robotaxi service by next year. Facing shrinking EV profits, Musk bets on autonomous vehicles and humanoid robots. Impatient investors demand details, but Musk offers vague promises of soaring value.
Axios
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Apple releases new open-source AI models
Apple launched two new compact language models, DCLM, in July, claiming superior performance to Mistral 7B and matching Google's Gemma, Meta's Llama 3 8B, and Microsoft's Phi-3, with enhanced resource efficiency.
Digitimes
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Vietnam works with Qorvo, Cadence to train 50,000 engineers by 2030
Qorvo partners with Cadence Design Systems to enhance Vietnam's semiconductor industry by boosting local talent training efforts. This collaboration aims to strengthen the region's technological capabilities and support its growing semiconductor sector.
Digitimes
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What does the car of the future look like? Here are 10 tech trends
Generative AI dominates 2024 tech, revolutionizing manufacturing, mapping, self-driving, battery management, and driver monitoring. Its algorithms underpin these advancements, making AI a key focus in technology discussions and developments this year.
Top Gear
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Test Your Knowledge
What is the average gestation period of the African elephant?
See answer below.
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Solder Paste Viscosity
What key factors affect solder paste viscosity? Assuming we only focus on the powder, will more fine powders increase the paste viscosity or the reverse?
Responses by:
David Bao
Director New Product Development, Metallic Resources, Inc David Bao
Director New Product Development, Metallic Resources, Inc Terry Jeglum
President/CEO, Electronic Technology Corporation Neil Poole
Senior Applications Chemist, Henkel Electronics Fritz Byle
Process Engineer, Astronautics Tim Jensen
Product Manager, Advanced Assembly Materials, Indium Corp. James DiBurro
President, Round Rock Consulting Gary Freedman
President, Colab Engineering
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Quote of the Day
"The volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcase."
Jerry Brown
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The day was Jul 26. What year was it?
U.S. Postal System Established
The U.S. postal system is established by the Second Continental Congress, with Benjamin Franklin as its first postmaster general. Franklin put in place the foundation for many aspects of today's mail system.
See the answer below.
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Cartoon of the Day
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"It doesn't matter how much you scoot around the office in your swivel chair...you can't deduct it as business travel."
Copyright © Randy Glasbergen
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Test Your Knowledge Answer
What is the average gestation period of the African elephant?
Answer: 660 days or roughly 95 weeks. Elephants have the longest gestation period of all mammals. By comparison, a human pregnancy lasts an average of 280 days, or 40 weeks.
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What Year Was It Answer
U.S. Postal System Established
Answer: July 26, 1775
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