Apr 12, 2021

[Neal Freyman] Chips Wanted

[Neal Freyman] Chips Wanted: we’ve faced a number of shortages over the past year - toilet paper, GrapeNuts, joy. But one shortage continues to stand above the rest in its ability to damage the global economy: #semiconductors. https://t.co/QheyzfdCBo #semi pic.twitter.com/S2f9ypt4k2
— Wladek Grabinski (@wladek60) April 12, 2021

from Twitter https://twitter.com/wladek60

April 12, 2021 at 01:58PM
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The lack of #semi manufacturing in #Europe

The lack of #semi manufacturing in #Europe - This white paper examines the #EU's declared goal of enabling a #waferfab to be operating in Europe with #2nm process capability by the end of the decade https://t.co/bad7YvZzkq pic.twitter.com/Y35YYachr0
— Wladek Grabinski (@wladek60) April 12, 2021

from Twitter https://twitter.com/wladek60

April 12, 2021 at 12:05PM
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[euresearch.ch] Are you ready for the ERC?

In Focus: Are you ready for the ERC?

Horizon Europe will fully take off in a few weeks but the first ERC calls are already out. Typical ERC, you could say, always at the forefront of the Framework Programmes. The next ERC call, the Advanced Grant, is expected to open on 20 May with a deadline on 31 August. What are your ERC plans?

2021 is a special year for the ERC: It was not possible for the first calls to open in 2020 and there are no Synergy Grant or Proof of Concept Grant calls in the 2021 Work Programme. These two calls are expected back in the 2022 Work Programme. The Proof of Concept will even have 2 calls with a total of 4 cut-off dates, giving PIs for whom 2021 would have been the last chance to apply the possibility to submit a proposal. These plans as well as tentative opening and closing dates for the other calls were recently communicated by the ERC. In terms of call timelines, 2022 will be the last transition year. With Work Programme 2023, calls are expected to be back to the usual schedule (i.e. Starting Grant closing around October, Consolidator Grant in February, Advanced Grant in summer, and Synergy Grant in November).

Make sure you consider the best time in your career for a proposal submission and schedule in sufficient time for proposal writing. For Starting and Consolidator Grant applicants, it is not necessarily towards the end of the eligibility window. Statistics show that the success rate does not increase substantially with additional years post PhD. To get started, talk with ERC grantees and your peers, and check out the "ERC classes" videos.

Dear readers, these are my last recommendations as a National Contact Point for ERC. After 14 years, I am leaving Euresearch and taking off for new horizons. It was a great pleasure for me to support so many ERC applicants in Switzerland. To work with talented researchers and to see world class research projects develop was truly inspiring. Thank you for your trust and good luck with your ERC plans!

Katja Wirth, National Contact Point for ERC / Member of the Euresearch Management Board

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[C4P] IEEE NMDC 2021 - abstracts due 15-April

16th IEEE Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference

October 17th to 20th, 2021 | Vancouver, BC, Canada

Website: https://ieeenmdc.org/nmdc-2021
CALL for PAPERS (download PDF)

Short Abstract (text only) Submission Deadline: April 15, 2021

The IEEE Nanotechnology Council is pleased announce the First Call for Papers for the 16th IEEE Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (IEEE NMDC 2021) which will be co-located with the IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (IEEE CEIDP) sponsored by the IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS).

Recognizing that plans for this in-person conference could be affected by circumstances related to COVID-19, updates will be provided at IEEE NMDC 2021.

Important Dates:

Special Session and Workshop/Tutorial Proposals Deadline: March 31, 2021
Short Abstract (text only) Submission Deadline: April 15, 2021
Regular, Special Session and Invited Papers Submission Deadline: May 31, 2021
Late Breaking News Extended Abstract Submission Deadline: August 10, 2021

See the Call for Papers page here.

Information for Authors including Submission Instructions and requirements can be found on these pages.

Apr 9, 2021

RT: 16bit CPU for the HP 9825 computer

HP 5061-3001 (1975) While Intel marketed the i4004, HP developed a full blown 16bit CPU for the HP 9825 computer. It was implemented with 4 NMOS dies on a ceramic module, the BPC (Binary Processor Chip), EMC (Extended Math Chip), IOC (I/O chip) and AEC (Extended Address Chip). pic.twitter.com/jqyoElbQKm
— Siliconinsider (@Siliconinsid) April 7, 2021