AUGUST 2021 I SMT007 MAGAZINE 49
Siemens' MindSphere Selected by
TotalEnergies for IoT monitoring
of its NGV Stations
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Siemens Digital Industries Soware announced
that TotalEnergies Gas Mobility has selected
MindSphere®, the industrial IoT as a service
solution from Siemens, to collect, monitor and
analyze data across its network of Natural Gas
for Vehicle refueling stations.
KLA Launches Automotive Products to
Improve Chip Yield and Reliability
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KLA Corporation announced the launch of
four new products for automotive chip manu-
facturing: the 8935 high productivity patterned
wafer inspection system, the C205 broadband
plasma patterned wafer inspection system, the
Surfscan® SP A2/A3 unpatterned wafer inspec-
tion systems, and I-PAT® inline defect part aver-
age testing screening solution.
Russian Government Announces Competi-
tive Selection of AI Research Centers
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e Russian government will allocate 5.4 bil-
lion rubles for establishing and supporting AI
research centers in Russia. e competitive
selection of candidate centers announced by
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko
started on July 15.
NVIDIA, Google Cloud to Create
Industry's First AI-on-5G Lab
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NVIDIA announced that it is partnering with
Google Cloud to establish the industry's first
AI-on-5G Innovation Lab, enabling network
infrastructure players and AI soware part-
ners to develop, test and adopt solutions that
will help accelerate the creation of smart cit-
ies, smart factories and other advanced 5G and
AI applications.
New Semiconductor Fabs to Spur Surge
in Equipment Spending
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Semiconductor manufacturers worldwide will
have started construction on 19 new high-vol-
ume fabs by the end of this year and break
ground on another 10 in 2022 to meet accel-
erating demand for chips across a wide range
of markets SEMI highlighted in its quarterly
World Fab Forecast report.
University of Waterloo Launches
Canada's First Driverless,
Autonomous 5G Shuttle
E
e University of Waterloo is showcasing the
operation of a driverless, autonomous shuttle
research program that will transport students
and staff around campus.
Cadence Report Reveals Majority
Believe Hyperconnectivity Will
Positively Impact Their Lives
E
A majority of consumers believe hyperconnec-
tivity driven by hyperscale computing will pos-
itively impact them within five years, accord-
ing to a new report from Cadence Design
Systems, Inc.
Camtek Secures $10M Order from Lead-
ing CMOS Image Sensor Manufacturer
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Camtek Ltd. announced that it received a mul-
tiple systems' order from a leading CMOS
Image Sensor (CIS) manufacturer totaling $10
million.
