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yesterday

Moving the people or the work?

Agile is a strong champion of stable teams. This might lead to local optimizations, though. Organizations that look beyond teams often want to shuffle the resources across teams or even departments. Derk-Jan de Grood discusses when this is beneficial.

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Background
25 September

(Bio)medical electromagnetics – from Hz to GHz

The distinct features and non-invasive nature of electromagnetic waves at different frequencies place them at the core of many medical applications. TUE’s Maarten Paulides gives an overview of the field.

Lakana Robert Howe
Opinion
27 September

The need for software systems engineering

As we move to a world of cyber-physical systems and systems-of-systems, software is no longer merely a separable component of the system, argues Robert Howe.

Background

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Background
20 September

An insight into the voltage dependence of ferroelectric ceramic capacitors

Ferroelectric multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) can maintain stable electric polarization even without an external electrical field. As a result, they have a voltage-dependent capacitance. Würth Elektronik explains how this works.

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News & Analysis

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News
19 September

Electron optics rebels come up with new dwarf microscope

After about three years of operating under the radar, startup Phe-nx presents its first tabletop microscope, called Nanos.

Interview

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Interview
10 July

Making electron microscopes smarter, Tesla-style

From Eindhoven, Yolanda van Dinther is building a global software team that’s propelling Thermo Fisher Scientific in its digital transformation. “We’ve come a long way in making our electron microscopes even smarter with software, data and AI.”

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China
Background
24 August

Chinese tech expats in Europe are on a mission

Efforts to ‘encourage’ Chinese techies working in Europe to return to the motherland are exceedingly successful, a US intelligence firm finds.

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Interview
8 March

Goodbye manual test cases, hello model-based testing

After many success stories in other markets, model-based testing is starting to gain momentum in high tech. Julien Schmaltz from CGI, Johan Poelsma from ICT and Bryan Bakker from Sioux are committed to strengthening the foothold.

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Interview
14 December 2022

Thin layers paved the way for ASM’s success

ASM played a key role in developing a deposition technique that has saved Moore’s law more than once. Outgoing CTO Ivo Raaijmakers explains what atomic layer deposition has brought the semiconductor industry – and ASM – and what more is in store.

Jan Bosch
Opinion
25 September

There’s no such thing as “the ecosystem”

Every company operates in many overlapping, interconnected ecosystems. Aim to understand the true complexity.

ASML Peter Wennink Results 2019
Editorial
20 September

Wennink’s warning

ASML CEO Peter Wennink worries about Dutch industries not keeping up with the world. Underneath his words of warning lurk tough political choices.