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16 SMT007 MAGAZINE I SEPTEMBER 2018 a business case to justify building custom- designed chips (e.g., application-specific inte- grated circuits, or ASICs). Recently, DARPA's Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) established funding that could potentially reach upwards of $1.5B over it's lifetime. Dubbed the Electronics Resurgence Initiative (ERI), the fund will be used to work on advances in chip technology. The funding is a significant increase in hardware budget focusing on chip design, architecture, materi- als, and integration, as well as leveraging on ML to substantially speed up new chip design. Materials Innovations To face the challenges of the AI era, new semiconductor technology will call for materi- als innovations to develop a wide array of new processor integrated circuits (ICs) and memory chips. This is a demanding area in technology and a growing space in business. Further, as global competition moves on and new technologies continue to become avail- able, who will have the upper hand remains to be seen. Until now, the U.S. semiconduc- tor industry has been in a leading position in AI hardware. This is an ongoing global compe- tition among scientists, engineers, companies, and countries. There is a long way to go before reaching the full potential of AI to truly mim- ic human cognitive capabilities and functions (e.g., asking the right questions at the right time to solve the right problems in real time). AI is creating a new paradigm. Ultimate- ly, to best team up human-machine intelli- gence, we expect synergistic performance and capability by integrating judgment-focused humans and prediction-focused AI agents. AI should be destined to augment human cog- nition, capabilities, and capacities without causing ethical and social issues. That is the value and virtue of human-machine intelli- gent teaming! SMT007 Appearance Dr. Hwang will present two lectures, "Reli- ability of Electronics: The Role of Intermetal- lics" and "Electronic Solder Joint Reliability: Principle and Practice," at SMTA International 2018 on October 15 in Rosemont, Illinois. References 1. Alexander Kott, "Challenges and Characteristics of Intelli- gent Autonomy for Internet of Battle Things in Highly Adversar- ial Environments," U.S. Army Research Laboratory, April 2018. 2. MIT Technology Review, November/December 2017. Dr. Hwang, an international busi- nesswoman and speaker, and busi- ness and technology advisor, is a pioneer and long-standing contrib- utor to electronics hardware manu- facturing as well as to the environ- ment-friendly lead-free electronics implementation. Among her many awards and honors, she is inducted to the International Hall of Fame—Women in Technology, elected to the National Academy of Engi- neering, an R&D-Stars-to-Watch, and YWCA Achievement Award. Having held senior executive positions with Lock- heed Martin Corp., Sherwin Williams Co., SCM Corp, and CEO of International Electronic Materials Corp., she is cur- rently CEO of H-Technologies Group providing business, technology and manufacturing solutions. She is the Chair- man of Assessment Board of DoD Army Research Labora- tory, serving on Commerce Department's Export Council, National Materials and Manufacturing Board, Army Sci- ence and Technology Board, various national panels/com- mittees, international leadership positions, and the board of Fortune-500 NYSE companies and civic and university boards. She is the author of 500+ publications and several books, and a speaker and author on trade, business, edu- cation, and social issues. Her formal education includes four academic degrees as well as Harvard Business School Executive Program and Columbia University Corporate Governance Program. For more information, please visit www.JennieHwang.com. (Source: DARPA)