SAN JOSE – Doug Rasor, vice president of emerging medical applications at Texas Instruments, will keynote the MicroElectronics Packaging and Test Engineering Council’s Medical Electronics Symposium in September.
Rasor will discuss the coming convergence of technology and healthcare and share some truly inspiring examples of this trend in action.
Rasor’s presentation will take place Sept. 25 at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ, MEPTEC said. The program also includes sessions on revolutionary concepts in medical electronics, advanced materials, key enabling technologies and next-generation bio-medical systems.
SAN JOSE – The global market for semiconductors was $25.52 billion in June, up 12.2% year-over-year, and up about 20.7% sequentially, according to World Semiconductor Trade Statistics.
Showing strongest growth geographically, Asia-Pacific reached $13.19 billion, up 17.6% compared to last year. Japan's market was $4.28 billion, up 3%; Europe's market was $3.99 billion, up 7.5%, and the Americas region was $4.06 billion, up 11.3% year-over-year, say published reports.