TUE, NXP and KPN roll out the red carpet for 5G

In an effort to ensure the rollout of the next-generation 5G network, the Dutch private and public sectors are teaming up as Eindhoven University of Technology joins industry giants NXP and KPN to pave the way.

Multiphysics simulations for 5G applications

SoCs and RFICs for 5G smartphones and networks need to manage huge amounts of antenna data and offer significantly high processing capabilities in thermally and power-constrained environments. ANSYS multiphysics simulations solve challenges across the spectrum of chip, package and system. Download this white paper.

Headlines

Intel: we’re getting ASML’s first high-NA tool

TSMC mulls building a fab in Germany

Lightyear rides with Finnish manufacturing partner over VDL

Smart lens from Flanders sees €8M in Series A investment

Intel rumored to be interested in buying Globalfoundries

Dutch companies join hands to supply commercial quantum computers

New center for THz technology launches at TUE

Neuromorphic AI developer Innatera boasts new chairman of the board

Printed-electronics startup Keiron sees funding lift off with NWO grant

Robin brings Scarecrow into its nest for airport bird control

Intel offers to spread chip investments across Europe

Qutech unveils scalable system for quantum communication

Touch Biometrix teams with SystematIC to put its fingerprint on the market

Jeroen Gielens joins TMC Eindhoven as managing director

RF energy training sessions

In close collaboration with Techwatch, the RF Energy Section of IMPI is offering a beginner and advanced RF training course on 27 November (the day before the Benelux RF Conference). This half-day training is open to both conference attendees and non-attendees interested in gaining additional hands-on knowledge about high power, RF energy systems and components.

A developer’s eye on smart glasses

In a Horizon 2020 project led by a major eyewear company, an advanced smart glasses product was developed that supports users in their daily activities. Consortium member Alten describes the main technical challenges and explains how they were solved.

In other news

Helping autonomous vehicles see around corners (MIT)

Python creator Guido van Rossum retires (Dropbox)

Colruyt supermarket invests in French logistic robots (EU-Startups)

Who manages your system architecture?

Many companies have no or severely atrophied systems engineering functions that are unable to provide governance of nor experimentation with the system architecture. This lack of capability is extremely dangerous from a disruption perspective.

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