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Background
Nearfield and TNO-ESI: architecting for scale
As Nearfield Instruments scales from startup to established player in atomic force microscopy-based metrology, systems engineering has become mission-critical. Through a tailored training program with TNO-ESI, the company is embedding architectural thinking across the organization – and solidifying that good systems engineering starts with the end in mind.
Opinion
Data as infrastructure
In an AI-driven world, data is no longer something you analyze after delivery. It’s the infrastructure that makes continuous value delivery, superset platforms, learning loops and autonomous teams possible.
News
Dutch central bank urges defense billions be directed to dual-use technology
Not tanks or ammunition, but dual-use technology should take center stage in new defense investments, De Nederlandsche Bank argues.
Background
Photon Bridge’s ‘de-integration’ bet could reshape integrated-photonics manufacturing
With a modular, de-integrated platform that separates active and passive components, Dutch startup Photon Bridge aims to simplify manufacturing, reduce costs and scale photonic integrated chip production for emerging AI and telecom applications.
News
Deep tech stands out in Dutch tech scene
Deep tech outperforms the broader Dutch tech scene in key metrics, while being less reliant on US capital, the State of Dutch Tech Report 2026 shows.
Analysis
2030 and the looming quantum cryptography threat
Dutch auditors point to 2030 as a possible breaking point for current cryptographic methods. Is that realistic or alarmist?
Editorial
Is 1,700 enough?
The layoffs at ASML are a necessary response to changing tides in the semiconductor industry.
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Background
Development and operation: different goals and ways to plan work
Although they work side by side in service of the same business goals, development and operations often experience tension or misunderstanding. This usually isn’t due to poor intent or communication, but rather because of fundamentally different responsibilities, incentives and ways of defining value. Understanding these differences is essential for leaders and practitioners who want to improve collaboration, delivery speed and system reliability.
News
ASML cuts 1,700 leadership roles to declutter
Addressing the downside of rapid growth, ASML is overhauling its organization to regain agility and boost innovation power.
News
AI boom finally reaches Veldhoven: ASML sees surge in demand
Brainport, this is the moment you’ve been waiting for.
News
Intel quietly closes shop on High Tech Campus
The Silicon Hive team was incubated by Philips in 2003 to develop parallel processing technology for systems-on-chip, acquired by Intel in 2011, all but dissolved in 2018 and now finally disbanded by the US chipmaker.
News
Europe’s photonics industry to EU: Don’t forget about us in next Chips Act
Europe’s photonics sector is urging Brussels not to sideline photonic chips in the updated EU Chips Act.
Analysis
Rethinking the chip market pushes 2030 estimate to $1.6T
A broader accounting of semiconductor value, which includes in-house design and integrated-systems makers, could push the market’s true size from 1 trillion to 1.6 trillion dollars by 2030.
Analysis
TSMC’s capacity crunch leaves door ajar for Intel and Samsung
Accelerating AI demand that TSMC alone can’t satisfy offers a window of opportunity for Intel and Samsung to regain market share in the leading-edge semiconductor market.