Digital magazine 202208

8

High-tech news from the Low Countries

16 December 2022

This is edition 8/2022 of the digital Bits&Chips magazine. It provides a monthly overview of all the important developments and trends from Dutch and Belgian high tech.

Interview

Daan Kersten parts with Photonfirst
to polish fast-growing gems

Maarten Buijs

The platform dilemma

Paul van Gerven

2022, the year that technology got geopolitical

Carel van der Poel

Lifetime employment

Interview

Thin layers paved the way
for ASMI’s success

Analysis

Dutch semicon companies
stand tall at start of downturn

News

NLE acquisition gives Lightyear freedom in power converters

News

Forced UK fab sale leaves
Nexperia “shocked”

Analysis

Philips in crisis:
this time it’s different

Interview

Blurring boundaries in
chip manufacturing

Analysis

ASML looking to finally get ahead
of Moore’s law

Background

ASML embraces 3D
for its carrier structures

Anton Duisterwinkel

If you want to start
a field lab, think twice

Paul van Gerven

China won’t escalate
in tech war with US

Anton van Rossum

Ask the
headhunter

News

UT research shines light on mechanical stability of EUV pellicles

News

A sweet new microprinting
technique

Background

DNA data storage isn’t as
science-fictiony as it may sound

News

Standard time becomes more
tech friendly

Interview

A flying start
in modern C++

Jan Bosch

Boost your digitalization: concluding thoughts

Cees Michielsen

Trend 5:
Tooling

Peter de With

AI is going green

Albert van Breemen

Happy 10th anniversary, Alexnet!

Robert Howe

Brainport should export
its world-class software engineering capabilities