APRIL 2023 I SMT007 MAGAZINE 71
An A-Team under
the IPC-CFX
Standard Task
Group spent the
past year working on a project that
provides simple, readily available IPC-
CFX hardware with supporting SDK
that can act as an IPC-CFX endpoint
for existing legacy equipment.
There is no doubt that
innovation is on the rise. The
number of new products being
developed post-COVID is
staggering. Our OEMs are not
only upgrading their current
products, making them better
than ever, they are also developing new products at
a very rapid rate. But what does that mean for us?
Will we continue sending our products overseas?
Will be willing to join forces and find solutions?
Anaya Vardya gives this idea some thought.
When Canadian
artificial intelligence
company Darwin AI
was founded in 2017,
machine learning and
deep learning were still
relatively new terms. In the past five years, CEO
Sheldon Fernandez and his team have been
working with this technology to develop some
foundational IP to simplify implementation.
We recently heard President Biden's State of the
Union address, and it got me thinking that perhaps
now is a good time to look at our own post-
pandemic "state of the union" in the electronics
manufacturing services industry. I will describe
several key issues
that our customers
around the world
are facing as we
move forward into
a new normal.
NEOTech was recognized as one
of the top suppliers for 2022 in
Northrop Grumman Corporation's
global network of more than 10,000
suppliers. They have earned
the Strategic Excellence Award
as part of Northrop Grumman's
Supplier Excellence Awards to
recognize top supplier partners.
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A First Look at IPC-CFX Box
for Legacy Equipment
NEOTech Recognized by
Northrup Grumman for
Supplier Excellence
The EMS 'State of the Union'
Darwin AI Evolving the
Islands of Automation
In our last episode, Sue was working
on solutions to minimize solder
defects that have been categorized
in a Pareto Chart, whereas Andy
was working on creating a training
program to develop some process
engineers and implementing an
improvement plan
developed by
Chuck Tower and
José Castellanos.
Maggie Benson's Journey:
The Finishing Touch
Standard of Excellence: The Rise of NPI
