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ASML puts peak litho rumors to rest
Perhaps the number of exposures will peak one day, but it won’t be anytime soon, says ASML.
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Analysis
Draghi’s industrial policy misses the mark: Europe must move up the value chain
European industry is stuck in mid-tech while pressure from new competitors mounts. Industrial policy should focus on creating new champions, not propping up the old ones, argues economist Daniel Gros.
Nieuws
Nanowire transistor escapes the Boltzmann tyranny
A fundamental limit on CMOS energy efficiency has been broken without major compromises on other performance aspects.
Background
The power of direct air capture and IoT in solving supply challenges
Skytree is driving the circular economy by transforming CO2 from a waste product into a valuable resource, extracting it from the atmosphere at the location where it’s needed. In addition, the company’s modular technology is also ideal for large-scale carbon storage projects, generating negative emissions. Together with Alten, Skytree has implemented IoT solutions to solve challenges in the remote management and maintenance of its CO2 capture devices.
Video
Bits&Chips talks to Marcel Pelgrom (part 2)
In a series of four interviews (in Dutch), 20-year Bits&Chips columnist Marcel Pelgrom looks back on his professional career.
Background
Black Semiconductor – beyond-Moore production in Europe?
Aachen-based deep-tech startup Black Semiconductor has the ambition to enable mass production of graphene photonics in silicon semiconductors, in full compliance with industry standards.
News
Kulicke & Soffa sells Eindhoven litho operations to Onto
Onto Innovation is acquiring Kulicke & Soffa’s litho team. This puts the Liteq business in the hands of an equipment manufacturer with a proven track record in the back-end.
News
Deteriorating industrial and IoT markets take NXP by surprise
Automotive isn’t doing great either.
Video
Bits&Chips talks to Marcel Pelgrom (part 1)
In a series of four interviews (in Dutch), 20-year Bits&Chips columnist Marcel Pelgrom looks back on his professional career.
Background
Lord of the leaf springs
The leaf spring is a classic in the Dutch school of design engineering principles for precise movement and positioning. For this seemingly simple elastic element, designers have to go through a steep learning curve. Erwin Mulder works at ASML on automating existing knowledge. “With my tool for design and optimization, you can accelerate leaf spring design, add new shapes and stretch the performance a little bit.”
Interview
EDA veteran Korthorst sinks teeth in integrated-photonics manufacturing
Trading in his position at EDA firm Synopsys to take the helm at Dutch integrated-photonics foundry-in-the-making New Origin, Twan Korthorst aims to ‘semiconductorize’ integrated-photonics technology and manufacturing.
Interview
Turning feelings into frameworks
In a relatively short period, Strypes Portugal grew very fast. This meant that a new generation of project leads had to push the software development company forward. It asked High Tech Institute to host a four-day in-company training course in Porto to sharpen their leadership skills. “Our project leads had the right energy but lacked formal leadership training. This course gave them that.”
News
DNA gets competition as preferred molecular data storage medium
Researchers are making headway to conveniently access information stored in synthetic polymers.