Waymo, Google’s autonomous driving arm, is offering selected people free driverless taxi rides in a geo-fenced area of Phoenix. The taxis do not have a safety driver. Waymo is the most advanced exponent of driverless car technology according to the monitoring process run by the California Department of Motor Vehicles, which found that  Waymo cars ...

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Q3 semiconductor sales were up 8.2% over Q2 at $106.7 billion, reports the SIA. September sales were up 3.4% over August sales at $35.6 billion but 14.6% down on September 2018. “Following months of slower sales earlier in the year, the global semiconductor market rebounded somewhat in the third quarter of 2019,” says SIA CEOJohn ...

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This year’s Raspberry Pi competition from PA Consulting tasks students in years 4–13 to create the sustainable city of tomorrow. Teams will compete in one of four categories, depending on their academic years. The categories are: Years 4–6 , Years 7–9, Years 10–11, Years 12–13. Three finalists from each category will be invited to the PA Raspberry Pi Awards ...

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Shipments of automotive touch modules are expected to increase by 1.1% to reach 64 million units, according to IHS Markit, followed by increases of 1.4% and 2.4% in 2020 and 2021. However, stronger growth will resume in 2022, with a 7.2% annual expansion. The market’s rise will continue in 2023, with shipments increasing by 7.8% to ...

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The die attach equipment market will have a 6% CAGR, reaching $1.3 billion by 2024, says Yole Développement, with heterogeneous integration enabled by advanced packaging & 3D stacking pushing the development of next generation die attach equipment   Die attach equipment can be classified into two categories: die bonders and FC bonders. The total market ...

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After suffering five consecutive quarters of declines, Q3 smartphone sales grew 1.2% y-o-y to 360.1 million units from the 355.8 million units of Q3 2018. While Samsung remained No.1,  the No. 2 – Huawei – was the standout performerwith shipments surging by 14.8 million units to reach 66.8 million. Shipments rose by 28% y-o-y  – ...

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