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Roskill: Niobium industry looking for a future beyond steel; Li-ion batteries a possibility

Green Car Congress

Niobium is a metal primarily used by the steel industry as a ferroalloy strengthening element. Adding niobium reduces the amount and weight of steel required, an important feature for the automotive industry but also for infrastructure. The Award Seminars were added to the annual Award event in 2008. Niobium and batteries.

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

Cars That Think

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) assumed top posts in the industry as well as coveted positions teaching or researching semiconductors at universities and government institutes. awarded him its prestigious Ho-Am Prize in 1993 for “building a solid foundation for Korea’s semiconductor industry.”

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Volvo Car Group and CATARC of China enter strategic partnership

Green Car Congress

The parties have agreed on joint research and discussions on enhancing the exchange of knowledge about safety and environmental technologies, as well as the development of relevant automotive industry regulations.

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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

Cars That Think

Under his leadership, the latter board celebrated milestones including the launch of IEEE’s first multidisciplinary open-access publication, IEEE Access ; the creation of a Chinese-language edition of IEEE Spectrum ; and the 100th anniversary of Proceedings of the IEEE. in applied mathematics in 1980 from Harvard. for 37 years.

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The Unsung Inventor Who Chased the LED Rainbow

Cars That Think

Sitting in his shirtsleeves at an industrial beige metal desk piled with papers, amid dented bookcases, gym bag in the corner, he does not look like anybody’s definition of a star engineer. Craford met him at a seminar, where Holonyak was ex­plaining his work in LEDs. Go to the heart of this labyrinth and there find M. San Jose, Calif.

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China bets on open-source chips as US export controls mount – ET Auto

Baua Electric

RISC-V chips made by Chinese firms and research institutes can now power self-driving cars, artificial-intelligence models and data-storage centres, according to two industry figures and the previously unreported documents. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry Security declined to comment. billion to that point.

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