It’s official: Intel is playing catch-up

Things are heating up in the X86 processor market. After taking a backseat to Intel for more than a decade, AMD (together with TSMC) has edged itself into technological leadership.

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.

Low-power single-port Gigabit Ethernet transceiver

Analog Devices ADIN1300 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet PHY integrates an Energy-Efficient Ethernet PHY core plus all the associated common analog circuitry, input and output clock buffering, the management interface, and subsystem registers.

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

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.

Fortunes of High Tech

Jorijn van Duijn explores the dynamics behind the greatest high-tech innovation: the computer chip. This brand new book describes the history of ASM International between 1958 and 2008. Pre-order your copy now to receive a discount from the Techwatch bookstore.

In other news

Grai Matter Labs launches its first low-latency edge AI chip (EE Times)

Fooling your Amazon Echo or Google Home with a laser (The Verge)

El Al says goodbye to 747 by painting plane in the sky (Business Insider)

Oh, the humanities!

The liberal arts and humanities take great offense at seeing their budgets cut, with the proceeds going to technical universities. However, there really is no ground for that. In fact, a budget correction in favor of engineering and natural sciences seems overdue.

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