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THE LEAD
TSMC, Intel and other top chipmakers are slowing planned expansions in Japan and Malaysia due to weak demand for older chips and US tariff concerns.
UC San Diego and BASF Scientists have developed a fully 3D-printed robot that can walk, climb, and even move across water – without the need for electronics.
TECH NEWS
BMK reports on factory results of its Valor Process Preparation software, stating BoM quotes were more accurate and much faster, stencil preparation was 30% quicker, layout errors and incorrect assemblies were increasingly identified before the production stage and the entire SMT process was accelerated by 10%.
The EIPC (European Institute for the PCB Community) and PCEA will cohost a "Design to Fabrication" Technical Symposium this spring in several Baltic states.
AGC Multi Material introduces Reusable Silicone Tape.
Registrants for the PCB East exhibition this April will gain access to five free technical sessions (plus a keynote presentation) ranging from printed circuit design to fabrication and assembly, PCEA announced.
Understanding time domain reflectometry using a simplistic MultiSim SPICE model of the transmission line.
SMTA Europe announced the 2025 Electronics in Harsh Environments Conference, taking place in Amsterdam from May 20-22, featuring 27 technical presentations on building reliable electronics for harsh environments.
Registrants for PCB Detroit this June will gain access to several technical sessions and a tabletop exhibition, the Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) announced.
Registration is open for CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY's annual Service Excellence Awards (SEAs) for EMS providers and electronics assembly equipment, material, service, and software suppliers.
PCB East features the top experts on printed circuit board design, including Rick Hartley, Susy Webb, Dan Beeker, and Stephen Chavez, among others.
Looking for networking opportunities? Join the PCEA Discord server, bringing together engineers and designers from around the world on a private channel for discussing technical questions and career opportunities.
A group of scientists led by Northwestern Polytechnical University claim to reduce the cost and fabrication complexity of microcalorimeters by utilizing widely available flexible printed circuit manufacturing processes.
A new PCB defect detection method, designed for the characteristics of the dataset, uses only one detection head, which reduces the number of parameters and improves detection performance at the same time.
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MATERIAL GAINS
Arms vs. Armor: Security in the Era of Quantum Computing
In the real, above-board world, we are placing increasing trust in the software applications that enable our lives, infrastructures, jobs and economies. And with the infusion of AI into all these applications, we know less and less about the mechanisms controlling them, or the values directing those mechanisms.
ALUN MORGAN
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