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Background Taking performance analysis to the system levelWithin the Maestro project, ASML and TNO-ESI are working on a model-based methodology to diagnose and predict system performance. Building on a tool developed in an earlier collaboration, they’re looking to reactively identify and analyze productivity issues in the field as they’re gradually moving on to proactively tackling potential problems. |
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News ASML’s customers are playing the waiting gameASML is still waiting for next year’s order book to fill up as its customers wrestle with macroeconomic uncertainty. |
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Headline Dimenco acquired by LeiaThe Veldhoven-based 3D display company has been acquired by its US industry peer. |
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Headline Wi-Fi pioneer Cees Links joins Twente photonics startupCees Links has agreed to become CEO of Superlight Photonics, an Enschede-based integrated-photonics startup working on energy-efficient supercontinuum lasers. |
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Headline NXP takes 10 percent stake in German TSMC fabNXP, Robert Bosch and Infineon will each own a 10 percent stake in a yet-to-be-established European subsidiary of TSMC. |
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Headline Philips gets boost from billionaire family that co-owns FerrariExor, the Agnelli family’s investment vehicle, acquired a 15 percent stake in Philips for roughly 2.6 billion euros. |
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News July’s news roundup: EU Chips Act, NXP’s Q2, China and moreWhile the editors were away on holiday, the European Chips Act was officially adopted, Quix Quantum appointed a CFO, solar foil startup Enfoil emerged in Flanders, NXP reported Q2 results, concerns were raised about China’s push into mature semiconductors and ASML hired 100 researchers from Philips. |
In other news |
| TSMC installs first EUV machine in US (Focus Taiwan) |
| Germany plans to double AI funding in race with China and US (Reuters) |
| Two big GaN players face off in patent dispute (EE Times) |
| Robotaxis are driving on thin ice (The Verge) |
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Opinion Ask the headhunterAfter many years of doing purely technical work I’ve been asked to take on management tasks. For want of adequate support from my company, what can I do to better carry out my new role? |
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Opinion There’s no such thing as “the architecture”The architecture has no clear boundary with the rest of the system, it’s continuously evolving and it’s the embodiment of the company’s business strategy and any change to the strategy affects the architecture as well. |
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Headline Prodrive appoints Koen ten Hove as chief development officerVan Hove succeeds Katja Pahnke as the head of the company’s product development and engineering organization. |
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Headline Another analyst sees semiconductor downturn endingThe semiconductor appears to be nearing the end of the downcycle, Semi and Techinsights report. |
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Headline Report: Chinese chip gear maker readies 28nm-node immersion scannerShanghai Micro Electronics Equipment Group is said to ship an immersion ArF scanner capable of producing 28nm chips later this year. |
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Interview Making electron microscopes smarter, Tesla-styleFrom 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.” |