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Educating a Modern Engineer | ’Round & ’Round: Electronics and the Circular Economy

EE Times Current · 1 May 2020 · 27m

What this episode covers

Georgia Tech professor Arijit Raychowdhury discusses the gap between academic theory and industry needs, emphasizing the importance of hands-on VLSI design and understanding packaging trends like 2.5D/3D integration. Michael Kirschner explains the challenges of the circular economy in electronics, highlighting regulatory pressures from the EU, the difficulty of material substitution, and the business inertia against extending product lifecycles. EE Times launches its Weekend Edition newsletter, featuring exclusive content on AI's environmental impact and neuromorphic computing.

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Georgia Tech, Intel, Texas Instruments, AMD, TSMC, Apple, HP, Dell
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Arduino
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