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According to the market research and strategy consulting company, Yole Développement (Yole), the polymeric materials market revenue will double over the next five years. Driven by movements towards further miniaturization and higher functionalities, megatrend applications like AI , 5G, and AR/VR are creating huge business opportunities. Therefore, the megatrends are directly contributing to the growth of advanced packaging industry, showing an impressive 7% CAGR to reach US$39 billion in 2023 (1). Today, megatrend applications are fueling the next generation of advanced packaging platforms including high-density FOWLP, 3D stacked TSV memory, WLCSP, and flip-chip…

Backlog for recently released system increases to over $12M. Rudolph Technologies announced the receipt of over $12M in new orders for its recently-released NovusEdge™ system for edge and backside inspection on bare silicon wafers. The new orders are for capacity expansions at our existing customers as well as orders from two additional large wafer manufacturers based in Asia. These orders are in addition to the $3M previously announced and will ship throughout calendar year 2019.

Following 10 years of research and testing, Waymo has finally launched its first self-driving taxi service in the USA to the public. Waymo One will begin offering its fully autonomous ridehailing service to users in Phoenix, Arizona, operating within a 100-square mile radius. Initially, rides will only be available to those that signed up to its early research program, which was carried out in 2017. The service will then be gradually expanded to more members of the public.

Transphorm disclosed that it has shipped more than 250 thousand high voltage GaN FETs. Used in customers’ mass production applications, the devices are manufactured by the company in its Aizu, Japan, wafer foundry. Transphorm also stated that its wafer-foundry’s annual installed capacity base of 15 million parts of its popular 50 mohm product equivalent can easily scale to address 2x to 5x the volume. Further, when demand warrants it, the technology and manufacturing process can be structured to scale from the current 6-inch to 8-inch or potentially higher wafers.

· Consistent implementation of the CASE corporate strategy.

· Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars: “Our electric offensive continues to gain momentum. After investing billions of euros in the development of the electric fleet and the expansion of our global battery network, we are now taking the next step: With the purchase of battery cells for more than 20 billion euros, we are consistently pushing forward with the transformation into the electric future of our company. We plan a total of 130 electrified variants at Mercedes-Benz Cars by 2022. In addition, we will have electric vans, buses and trucks.”

Driven by movements toward further miniaturization and increased functionalities, megatrend applications such as artificial intelligence (AI), 5G, and augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR) are creating huge business opportunities and contributing to the growth of More than Moore (MtM) devices.