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A new white paper from IPC, “AI-based Data Centers for the United States: Technologies, Supply Chains, and Resiliency Gaps,” explores the actions needed to improve the supply chain resiliency of U.S.-based artificial intelligence (AI) data centers and the electronics used in them.

The increasing complexity of integrated systems demands a holistic approach to design, materials, assembly, reliability, and metrology across all levels of integration, from chip to package to board. IPC’s Technology Solutions group addresses these challenges and suggests a comprehensive roadmap in their new white paper, “Advanced Packaging to Board Level Integration—Needs and Challenges.”

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On July 17, IPC and iNEMI (the International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative, a not-for-profit R&D consortium focused on future technology requirements) hosted a webinar to recap a four-hour in-person workshop held in June at the Electronics Goes Green conference in Berlin.

IPC announces the relaunch of its IPC Mexico website, designed to better serve the needs of the electronics manufacturing industry in Mexico and for Spanish-speaking professionals worldwide. The new website, https://mexico.ipc.org/, is now live and provides comprehensive resources and support.

Barjouth Aguilar, Responsable de Sostenibilidad Global y de la Fundación Flex es una inspiración para empresas, mujeres y hombres por igual, y nos impulsa a poner todo nuestro empeño en conseguir un mundo más sostenible.

Lorena Villanueva interview Barjouth Aguilar of Flex.

At the 67th IPC Annual Meeting on April 9, held in conjunction with IPC APEX EXPO 2024, the IPC Board of Directors announced new officers and new and second-term members. Board officers serve a two-year term, board members serve a four-year term, and the student board member serves a one-year term.

iNEMI and IPC have recently published a white paper, “Complex Integrated Systems: The Future of Electronics Manufacturing,” intended to guide and focus cross-industry efforts and partnerships in the necessary research and development, as well as the manufacturing capability scale-up that will be critical to success.