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Who is Soham Parekh, the serial moonlighter Silicon Valley startups can’t stop hiring? | TechCrunch
In the last week, social media users have shared dozens of stories about encounters with Soham Parekh, a software engineer who seems to have been simultaneously working at multiple Silicon Valley startups — unbeknownst to the companies — for the last several years. But who is Parekh, how did he pull off his career as…

Accelerating silicon carbide (SiC) manufacturing with big data platforms
For decades, we heard silicon was the only answer. However, while the world’s largest fabs were busy taping out silicon, the communities of engineers and scientists working on non-silicon technologies continued pushing forward. Compound semiconductors—semiconductors made from two or more periodic table elements—include indium phosphide (InP), silicon nitride (SiN), gallium arsenide (GaAs), germanium (Ge), indium…

How Silicon Valley’s influence in Washington benefits the tech elite | TechCrunch
Elon Musk isn’t the only tech billionaire with power over the federal agencies that regulate his businesses. Since Donald Trump took office, more than three dozen employees, allies, and investors of Musk, Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, and Palmer Luckey have taken roles at federal agencies, helping direct billions in contracts to their companies. Companies owned,…

“We Aim To Become The First Company In India To Manufacture Solar-Grade Silicon Wafers Domestically”
– Advertisement – When it comes to silicon wafer fabrication, techniques and their applications vary, along with a complex procedure of purity assessment. How an Indian startup with several patents is revolutionising this? Rajasekar Elavarasan of Raana Semiconductors tells everything to EFY’s Nitisha Dubey. Rajasekar Elavarasan, Founder of Raana Semiconductors Private Limited Q. What is…