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ANAHEIM, CA – The ESD Association requests abstracts for papers on the effects of electrostatic discharge, electrical overstress, and static electricity for presentation at its 31st Annual EOS/ESD Symposium.
The event will take place Aug. 30 – Sept. 4 in Anaheim, CA.
Papers should deal with component level EOS/ESD, system level EOS/ESD issues, EOS/ESD factory level and materials technology, electrostatic considerations, magnetic recording heads, ultra sensitive devices, and ESD standards-components, systems and factory.
Submissions must include a 50-word abstract and a four-page (max.) summary.
The deadline for abstracts is Jan. 9.
The submission deadline for the finished paper is June 5. Final papers will be limited to a maximum of 10 pages.
The call for papers may be downloaded from www.esda.org.
SAN JOSE – Rumors abound that Flextronics may be eyeing Sanmina-SCI for a possible acquisition, although neither company is talking.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congress has proposed legislation that would end the US Customs' and Homeland Security's right to seize laptops, phones, cameras and other electronics when US nationals enter the country.
Bills introduced last week by Sen. Russell Feingold (D-WI) and Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) provide traditional legal citizen protections to residents crossing borders back into the US, including standards of probable cause before electronics equipment can be searched, and require warrants for search and seizure.
Customs currently does not need suspicion of wrongdoing to search or seize electronics. Many victims of searches claim racial profiling.
In its defense, Customs asserts only 40 laptops were searched out of 17 million travelers over a two-week period, and not all of those were prevented from entering the country. However, the situation has been troubling enough warrant attention from Congress.
Bills introduced last week by Sen. Russell Feingold (D-WI) and Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) provide traditional legal citizen protections to residents crossing borders back into the US, including standards of probable cause before electronics equipment can be searched, and require warrants for search and seizure.
Customs currently does not need suspicion of wrongdoing to search or seize electronics. Many victims of searches claim racial profiling.
In its defense, Customs asserts only 40 laptops were searched out of 17 million travelers over a two-week period, and not all of those were prevented from entering the country. However, the situation has been troubling enough warrant attention from Congress.
STAMFORD, CT – Gartner lowered its 2008 forecast for Asia/Pacific semiconductor growth from 6.4% to 5.2% on an annual basis, as a result of the global economic environment and poor consumer confidence.
However, the firm says emerging markets in India and Vietnam are experiencing higher growth compared to the slowing China/Hong Kong region.
However, the firm says emerging markets in India and Vietnam are experiencing higher growth compared to the slowing China/Hong Kong region.
BLOOMINGTON, MN – Vitronics Soltec will relaunch its Five Steps to Lead-Free Soldering seminar with a free one-day event on Nov. 20 in Bloomington, MN.
The new series is the QS Edition: Motivated by Quality, Focused on Solutions.
Jasbir Bath, of Bath Technical Consultancy, will give the opening address, Electronics Assembly Trends, and will present Best Practices in Assembly Processes.
To register, contact John Chugg at (815) 238 7534 or Steve Block at (952) 903 0333, ext. 16.
The new series is the QS Edition: Motivated by Quality, Focused on Solutions.
Jasbir Bath, of Bath Technical Consultancy, will give the opening address, Electronics Assembly Trends, and will present Best Practices in Assembly Processes.
To register, contact John Chugg at (815) 238 7534 or Steve Block at (952) 903 0333, ext. 16.
JACKSON, MI – The New York Stock Exchange has notified Sparton Corp. that it is no longer in compliance with the exchange’s listing standards. The EMS provider is considered below the criteria since the company’s market capitalization was less than $75 million over a 30 trading-day period and, at the same time, its shareowners’ equity was less than $75 million.
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