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32 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I JUNE 2021 specific clicking pattern, like music. en we would go to our desk and log on to our termi- nals. During a final design review of the DRAM- based memory board, the field service engi- neers were trying to kill the design. e rea- son presented was, "How can the computer be maintained if a person couldn't hear the memory running?" Fortunately, we won that argument. We had implemented a radically new design just as Star Trek used radically new technology. New design, material development and manufacturing engineers should not be afraid to think outside the box. Western-trained engi- neers are taught to challenge the norm. But technologists in Asian cultures, unfortunately, oen have not been raised to challenge the norm. Hopefully, in one or two generations, they will evolve and be allowed to challenge everything. Their Ongoing Mission e PCB industry is generally slow to change. New technologies, materials, and methodolo- gies may take decades to reach full fruition. Here are key opportunities for new engineers to change the status quo: • Design to manufacturing data transfer: Existing NPI processes assume that the design cannot be built as is. e manu- facturer must review all the data (DFM review) to look for documentation errors Figure 1: A 1970s core memory board.