In safety-critical applications, bugs in software are not just costlydistractions—they can put lives at risk. Consequently, safety-criticalsoftware developers go to great lengths to detect and fix ...

You would think that if you worked as a track inspector for a railroad company, reporting defects would make you good at your job. After all, wouldn't the company want to know where its trains should ...

OMAHA, Neb. — Federal inspectors said they found an alarming number of defects in the locomotives and railcars Union Pacific was using at the world’s largest railyard in western Nebraska this summer, ...

Detecting defects within MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) is not an easy task. The components inside these structures are a varied mix of electrical circuits, mechanical devices, and sensors. The ...

Catching all defects in chip packaging is becoming more difficult, requiring a mix of electrical tests, metrology screening, and various types of inspection. And the more critical the application for ...

Several vendors are ramping up new inspection equipment based on infrared, optical, and X-ray technologies in an effort to reduce defects in current and future IC packages. While all of these ...

As semiconductor manufacturers aim to produce devices at the 5-nanometer node, the ability to find tiny defects created inadvertently during the fabrication process becomes harder. In addition, there ...