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And as you mentioned, I was the former Assistant Secretary for acquisition, and I spent my entire career, more than 34 years, working in this arena. And it's very important for us to change our dynamic, our processes and policies. Not the practice the practice is kind of like what engineering and physics allows. But our practice is implemented through process. And in doing so we need to have an understanding how can we improve it.

The market for memory ICs has always been dynamic, but with edge computing, artificial intelligence (AI), 5G and autonomous driving all taking off, the demand for memory technology is both expanding and evolving. Add dramatic shifts in the world of work and business because of the ongoing pandemic, and the memory industry has more challenges to solve all at once than ever before. Our latest EE Times Special Project looks at how diverse memory technologies are advancing and what's driving their evolution. Contributing editor Gary Hilson has been on the memory beat for a long time and he helped develop this Special Project and wrote many of the stories. One of those takes a look at a set of memory technologies that are still described as "emerging," even though most of them have been around for years.

Amazon has covertly opened a secret lab called '1492' that's dedicated to overhauling healthcare. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the skunkworks facility is focused on both hardware and software projects, and is looking into'telemedicine.' Anonymous sources close to Amazon told CNBC the company has become'increasingly interested in exploring new business in healthcare.' Amazon covertly opened a secret lab called '1492' that's dedicated to overhauling healthcare. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the skunkworks facility is focused on both hardware and software projects and is looking into'telemedicine' Even the online job posting for the lab are hush-hush. On Amazon's job board, the secret roles are listed as'a1.492'