Volume 18, Issue 4 — February 28, 2022

rAVe Europe — Volume 18, Issue 4

28 February 2022 | Volume: 18 | Issue: 4

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Hello, rAVe Europe readers! I hope you all had a great weekend.

This month, we are looking into the world of semiconductor manufacturing. Sara Abrons wrote an article about this — we need to know how chips are made because it helps give us context into why there are shortages now. With the difficult manufacturing process plus the consumer demand, it’s quite easy to see what’s happened on the market.

The next column I have for you is from Mark Coxon, all about desire paths. In simplest terms, these are examples in landscape, a consequence of erosion caused by foot traffic, often created as a shorter point between origin and destination. But let’s think about this in AV. How many times do end users create their own paths between origin and destination with tech?

Enjoy the rest of this newsletter; have a great day!

— Steph Beckett

COLUMNS

+ The Incredibly Complicated, Extremely Small World of Semiconductor Manufacturing [Sara Abrons]

As chips get smaller and more sophisticated, the manufacturing processes also become more complex and difficult. At the same time, consumer demand has skyrocketed.

+ Desire Paths: Hidden Opportunities for Improvement [Mark Coxon]

The truth is that desire paths aren’t unique to landscape and wayfinding. They can emerge in all sorts of places, and although they may not manifest a dirt walkway, they express the same thing — a dissent from what was designed.