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Thermo Fisher Scientific develops an appetite for modelingAbout three years ago, Thermo Fisher Scientific in Eindhoven embarked on a journey to take model-based development to a higher level. After pilots with research partners, software and system architects are now making successful steps with commercial tools from companies like Axini and Obeo. |
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Demcon’s cooling system withstands the heat of a thousand sunsThanks to a Demcon-designed cooling system, a major potential obstacle to producing medical isotopes outside nuclear reactors has been removed. |
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Two wins for nuclear fusion powerAn experiment at a European testbed suggests that the Iter nuclear fusion reactor has a good chance of succeeding. Meanwhile, US scientists breathed new life into an entirely different approach to the almost perfect power source. |
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Repurposed Oudenaarde fab to become GaN epicenterLeveraging gallium nitride research from Imec and decades of experience in power semiconductor R&D and manufacturing, Onsemi carve-out Belgan in Oudenaarde is looking to become the beating heart of Europe’s “GaN valley.” |
In other news |
| Perfect photons feed new quantum processor (UT) |
| Apple developing a foldable tablet/laptop hybrid (Extremetech) |
| An old Swedish paper mill to become a new gigafactory (Evertiq) |
| US chops Russia’s access to ICs (EE Times) |
| Elon Musk’s Starlink arrives in Ukraine but what next? (BBC) |
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Ask the headhunterWe’re looking to expand our successful R&D department in the German countryside. There are interesting candidates who want to work in a hybrid way, but we’re experiencing little support from our Chinese owners. How to get out of this deadlock? |
Platform lesson #10: One ecosystem platform stakeholder at a timeFirst, build up a customer base of sufficient proportions based purely on the platform functionality and only then, open up to building up a second stakeholder category of third-party complementers. |