Manufacturing is one of the largest challenges facing the United States and the world today. Between a desire to bring manufacturing back to American shores and a severe labor shortage, the need for robotic automation has become more pressing today than ever before. However, despite the clear advantages of robotic automation over traditional manufacturing, the […]
In 1987, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response standards, or HAZWOPER. HAZWOPER could have landed like a bombshell in the semiconductor industry, most of which had long lacked any sort of playbook or competency in dealing with the extremely dangerous chemicals that are critical to chipmaking. […]
CUPERTINO, Calif. — Sept. 6, 2042 — Apple Inc. today released its first 3D-printing kit for its flagship iPhone products. Complete with printer, materials, a SIM card, and a printed-circuit board, the kit allows users to assemble their iPhone on demand and customize size, color, screen type, and other features. The kit retails for $3,500. […]
Rapid advances in the internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), wireless technologies, and wireless charging are some of the biggest drivers behind the development of new electronic components in 2022. Coupled with digitalization across most manufacturing sectors with big trends like Industry 4.0, smart cities and health care, green engineering, 5G networks, and autonomous […]
When Ed Sawicki returned from Vietnam in 1971, he faced a struggle. “I felt completely lost, and I was drinking heavily,” he says. “I knew I needed to pull my life back together, but I wasn’t sure how.” There was a lot for him to process. He had enlisted in the Army in 1966 when […]
EE Times sat down with Almonty Industries’ CEO Lewis Black to discuss supply chains that affect the electronics industry. Almonty is the world’s largest supplier of tungsten outside China. The rare metal is used as an interconnect material in semiconductors. Lewis, how has your business changed since we last spoke 18 months ago? Almonty […]
“The Godfather” was playing in theaters everywhere, and “American Pie” was riding the FM airwaves. China was completely isolated from the West, and no one could imagine carrying a phone in their pocket. It was 1972, the year everything changed. Hindsight being what it is, a series of seemingly unrelated events that year set the […]