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DOE selects site for
electron-ion collider
On Jan. 9, the U.S. Department
of Energ y (DOE) named
Brook haven Nationa l
Laboratory on Long Island in
New York as the site for building an Electron-Ion Collider
(EIC), a one-of-a-kind nuclear
physics research facility. This
announcement, following
DOE's approval of "mission
need" (known as Critical
Decision 0) on Dec. 19, 2019,
enables work to begin on R&D
and the conceptual design for
this next-generation collider
at Brookhaven Lab.
"The EIC promises to keep
America in the forefront of
nuclear physics research and
particle accelerator technology, critical components
of overall U.S. leadership in
science," said U.S. Secretary
of Energy Dan Brouillette.
"This facility will deepen our
understanding of nature and
is expected to be the source
of insights ultimately leading to new technology and
innovation."
"America is in the golden
age of innovation, and we are
eager to take this next step
with EIC. The EIC will not
only ensure U.S. leadership in
nuclear physics, but the technology developed for EIC will
also support potential tremendous breakthroughs impacting human health, national
competitiveness, and national
security," said Under Secretary
for Science Paul Dabbar. "We
look forward to our continued
world-leading scientific discoveries in conjunction with
our international partners."
The EIC will be funded
by the federal government
through the DOE Office of
Science, drawing on expertise from throughout the DOE
national laboratory complex

and at universities and research institutions around
the world, including Stony
Brook University, a managing
partner of Brookhaven Lab.
International participation
is also anticipated. Thomas
Jefferson National Accelerator
Facility ( Jefferson Lab) in
Newport News, VA, is expected to be a major partner in the
project and make significant
contributions. Expertise and
participation from across the
national laboratory complex
will be required to implement
the facility successfully.
"The EIectron-Ion Collider
will open up a new frontier
in nuclear physics that will
expand our knowledge of the
fundamental constituents of
the atoms that make up all visible matter in the universe today and the force that holds it
all together," said Brookhaven
Lab Director Doon Gibbs. "We
look forward to working with
Jefferson Lab, other DOE labs,
universities, and the worldwide EIC user community-
about 1000 scientists from 30
nations-to deliver the EIC
and advance this important
field of science."

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Report: Wearables
market to hit
$61.4B by 2025
A report by Global Industry
Analysts predicts that the
wearable electronics will
burgeon to $61.4 billion by
2025, spurred by easy access

to inexpensive sensors, miniaturized microchips and processors, low-power light components, and the expansion of
applications. Smartwatches
are at the top in popularity
within the market. Evolving
designs include smart glasses, goggles, bracelets, headbands, armbands, belts, and
shoes. According to the report, medical-grade wearables are positioned to make
the biggest impact, potentially
revolutionizing personalized
digital healthcare, providing
physicians better monitoring
of patients' health.

Prediction: Market for
artificial intelligence in
cars will grow 1,200%
in next six years
The market for artificial intelligence in the automotive industry will go from $1 billion
today to $12 billion by 2026,
according to a report from
the prognosticators at Global
Market Insights Inc. The increase is due to the push for
more assistive and autonomous features for improved
driving comfort and safety,
as well as realizing the goal
of self-driving cars and trucks.
AI-powered features are already being developed, tested
and offered on consumer vehicles. These include lane assistance, adaptive cruise control
and automated parking.
For instance, Toyota announced the launch of driver
assistance for future cars
that will get to level 4 of selfdriving. One such feature,
automatic valet parking, was
jointly developed by Toyota
and Panasonic; will provide
affordable parking help to
Toyota customers.
There are several companies currently developing AI
for vehicles. They include Audi

AG, Daimler AG, Ford Motor
Co., Harman International
Industries, IBM, Microsoft,
Alphabet Inc., BMW, Didi
Chuxing, General Motors,
Honda Motor Co., Tesla, Uber
Technologies and Volvo Car
Corp.
These companies are primarily focused on long-term
contracts and strategic collaborations to develop AI
for the automotive market.
Technology providers such
as AMD, Intel and NVIDIA
are constantly upgrading and
introducing new features and
energy-efficient hardware that
will function in cars and consume little power.

North American
semiconductor equipment
billings surge
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor
equipment posted $2.49 billion in billings worldwide in
December 2019 (three-month
average basis), according to
the December Equipment
Market Data Subscription
(EMDS) Billings Report published Jan. 23 by SEMI. The
billings figure is 17.5% higher
than the final November
2019 level of $2.12 billion,
and is 17.8% higher than the
December 2018 billings level
of $2.11 billion.
Monthly billings of North
American equipment manufacturers reached a level not
seen since June 2018," said
Ajit Manocha, president and
CEO of SEMI. "The December
surge in equipment billings reaffirms the strength
of leading-edge logic and
foundry investments."

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