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4 SMT007 MAGAZINE I SEPTEMBER 2019 Industry Standards There are rules, and then there are recommen- dations; one person's rule might be another per- son's recommendation and vice versa. That is where standards come into play. What are they? What do they mean? How do they get specified? And what are the impacts on our industry? To Improve the Standards Process, Get Involved Interview with Jan Pedersen and Ray Prasad The Convergence: IPC Merging CFX With IPC-2581 Interview with Gary Carter and Michael Ford The Long Road to a New Standard Interview with Graham Naisbitt Standards Through Time: Changing to Stay the Same by Nolan Johnson The Ecosystem of Industry Standards by the I-Connect007 Editorial Team Explaining the QSFP-DD Data Center by Scott Sommers FEATURE COLUMNS: Reliability by the Book by Eric Camden How Standards Impact You and Your Company by Ray Prasad 10 20 26 34 48 76 42 68 SEPTEMBER 2019 • FEATURED CONTENT 10 76 34

• SMT007 Magazine - September 2019
• Featured Content — Industry Standards
• Additional Content
• Column — Rules or Recommendations?
• Short — Electronic Chip Mimics the Brain to Make Memories in a Flash
• Feature Interview — To Improve the Standards Process, Get Involved
• Feature Interview — The Convergence: IPC Merging CFX With IPC-2581
• Feature Interview — The Long Road to a New Standard
• Feature — Standards Through Time: Changing to Stay the Same
• Feature Column — Reliability by the Book
• Short — Photovoltaic Technology to Power Synaptic- and Neuronal-like Devices
• Feature Interview — The Ecosystem of Industry Standards
• Short — How Electronic Skin Could Help People With Disabilities
• Electronics Industry News and Market Highlights
• Column — Recognizing the Need For Change
• Short — New Type of Electrolyte Could Enhance Supercapacitor Performance
• Feature Column — How Standards Impact You and Your Company
• MilAero007 Highlights
• Feature — Explaining the QSFP-DD Data Center Interconnect Standard
• Short — Development of Flexible Sensors Mimicking Human Finger Skin by DGIST
• Column — Transform Your Operations With Nadcap
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• Article — Comparing Soldering Results of ENIG and EPIG Post-steam Exposure
• Column — Process Methods for Reworking High Lead Count SMT Parts
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