The Reading Room – What’s The SCOOP?

The medium and long term impact of COVID-19, Underrated Humans, Jeff Bezos’ $10Billion Climate Change pledge, Airbus’ bomber to become a passenger jet, the rise of Vietnam, Flex on AR and VR, A Tesla Teardown and a Blockchain update. That’s the SCOOP this week!
ECIA Posts Latest ‘The Channel Channel’ Podcast – IBM’s Blockchain Expert Christophe Begue
Atlanta – ECIA’s latest podcast features a lively discussion of the current and potential status of Blockchain implementations in the electronic industry. A lot is happening in this sector and ECIA’s connection to IBM has been of great benefit to help members climb the learning curve quickly. Christophe Begue is Director Solution Strategy and Business […]
Indium Corporation Introduces New Ball-Attach and Flip-Chip Flux
Indium Corporation has expanded its flux portfolio with a robust flux designed to provide a simple solution to complicated applications, especially those with a single cleaning step for both BGA ball-attach and flip-chip processes. WS-446HF is a water-soluble, halogen-free, flip-chip dipping flux with an activator system powerful enough to promote good wetting on the most […]
Revenue per Wafer Rising As Demand Grows for sub-7nm IC Processes
Despite high development costs, using smaller nodes yields larger revenue per wafer. The success and proliferation of integrated circuits has largely hinged on the ability of IC manufacturers to continue offering more performance and functionality for the money. Driving down the cost of ICs (on a per-function or per-performance basis) is inescapably tied to a […]
Eric Miscoll with Michael Ford, Aegis Software at APEX 2020
Michael Ford always has the answer, and this time, Eric asks the most profound of questions: what does the end state of Industry 4.0 really look like, and how close are we to achieving that? Michael offers his thoughtful perspective. “There is an evolution of the thinking about this topic… the end goal is having […]