Digital magazine 202201

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High-tech news from the Low Countries

4 February 2022

This is edition 1 of the digital Bits&Chips magazine. It provides a monthly overview of all the important developments and trends from Dutch and Belgian high tech.

Background

The challenge for
battery-powered aircraft

Anton van Rossum

Ask the
headhunter

Bram Nauta

Why build a fab
in Europe if the
demand is in the US?

Robert Howe

Why automotive OEMs desperately need Brainport

Analysis

Are the semicon industry’s bumpy rides really a thing of the past?

Analysis

TSMC throws down
a $44B gauntlet

News

ASML scrambles to remedy a chip shortage that nobody saw coming

Analysis

Fire at ASML Berlin gives chipmakers a big scare

ASML history files

The mystery of
ASML’s wafer stage

Background

All parts contribute
to solving the puzzle

News

TNO spinoff SALDtech forced to make course adjustments

Analysis

Dutch spatial ALD companies keep getting in each other’s way

News

Silicon qubits are
ready for scale-up

Paul van Gerven

Robbert Dijkgraaf comes bearing gifts – who will get one?

Carel van der Poel

Why don’t the Dutch industry and government fund more basic research?

Peter de With

Is it ethical to make money out of public healthcare innovations?

Interview

“We’re blessed that there are no alternative facts for physics”

News

Onno van Roosmalen named teacher of the year at High Tech Institute

News

Training for internationals makes Jaco Friedrich teacher of the year