Burn-in & Test Strategies (BiTS) Workshop Here in Mesa March 5-8

Cohu Introduces New RF Contactor For Mobile Market

POWAY, CALIF.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Cohu, Inc. (NASDAQ:COHU), a leading supplier of semiconductor equipment, announced today the introduction of the new cDragon contactor for testing a wide spectrum of RF devices used in mobile and IoT (Internet of Things) applications.
The expansion of RF semiconductors continues to be driven by growing device interconnectivity and data sharing. The new cDragon leverages advanced micro electroforming technology to build contact elements that optimize signal performance for high frequency semiconductor test, such as those used in GPS, Bluetooth, cellular and wireless transmission. These devices are key to enable the connectivity in today’s smartphones, cars and emerging IoT products. cDragon combines excellent signal integrity with long-life and elastomer-free architecture. It is well suited for harsh, high volume production environments requiring tight temperature accuracy during test.
During intensive testing at a leading semiconductor manufacturer, the new cDragon has proven its stable performance in high volume production. The innovative contact spring manufacturing technology delivers remarkably long lifespan and stable signal integrity. Cohu has received initial volume production orders for cDragon that are expected to ship in the first and second quarter of 2017.
Cohu will be showcasing cDragon Contactor and other innovative test contactors at the Burn-in & Test Strategies (BiTS) Workshop from March 5^th to 8^th in Mesa, Arizona.
About Cohu:
Cohu is a leading supplier of semiconductor test and inspection handlers, micro-electro mechanical system (MEMS) test modules, test contactors and thermal sub-systems used by global semiconductor manufacturers and test subcontractors.

About Coho
a global leader in test handling, thermal subsystems, package inspection, contactors and MEMS test solutions used by the semiconductor industry. We provide our customers with outstanding products and services that reflect our commitment to operational excellence, innovation and market leadership.
Cohu, Inc. was founded in 1957 and is comprised of three business units, Delta Design, Rasco and Ismeca.
http://www.cohu.com/ 

Delta Design has been part of Cohu since 1967 and pioneered pick-and-place handler technology in the 1980s. The company rapidly grew to become the industry leader by the early 1990s. In early 2000, Delta Design developed the first solution for actively controlling temperature during test of power dissipative ICs, thus solving a critical yield problem when testing high-end microprocessors.    

The acquisitions of Rasco in 2008 and Ismeca in 2012 extended the product portfolio to include gravity, strip and turret handling equipment and added new critical technologies to the company in contactors, MEMS and LED test, and vision inspection. Today, the company offers the broadest portfolio of enabling technologies in the industry that can be integrated in any of its handler platforms to optimize semiconductor test and solve some of the most challenging customer requirements.

Apple Global Command Center Mesa Goes 100% Renewable

7 March 2017 by Military News

Apple joins RE100, announces supplier clean energy pledges

Apple is already powering its operations in the US, China and 21 other countries with 100 percent renewable energy; and, in 2015, powered 93 percent of its operations around the world with renewable energy.

 

 

 

The company continues to invest in high-quality, clean energy projects to help it meet and maintain its goal, and Lisa Jackson, Apple's vice president for Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, announced today that Apple has completed construction on its latest renewable energy project — a 50-megawatt solar farm in Arizona. Apple worked with local utility Salt River Project on the solar array, which will provide renewable power to Apple’s global command data center in Mesa, Arizona. That’s equal to the energy use of over 12,000 Arizona homes.

Apple has invested in renewable energy for several years. Lisa Jackson, , said Monday that the company completed construction on its latest renewable energy project — a 50-megawatt (MW) solar farm in Arizona, Apple worked with local utility Salt River Project on the solar array, which will provide renewable power to Apple's global command data center in Mesa, Arizona. The solar farm provides power equal to the energy use of more than 12,000 homes

 

RE100 > The world’s most influential companies, committed to 100% renewable power

Source: http://there100.org/re100

RE100 is a collaborative, global initiative of influential businesses committed to 100% renewable electricity, working to massively increase demand for - and delivery of - renewable energy.

The private sector accounts for around half of the world’s electricity consumption. Switching this demand to renewables will accelerate the transformation of the global energy market and aid the transition to a low carbon economy.

RE100 shares the compelling business case for renewables and showcases business action, while working with others to address barriers and develop transparent reporting mechanisms.

RE100 is brought to you by The Climate Group in partnership with CDP, as part of the We Mean Business coalition.

Companies joining RE100 are encouraged to set a public goal to procure 100% of their electricity from renewable sources of energy by a specified year.

Since RE100 was launched at Climate Week NYC 2014, the campaign has continued to gather momentum and is now being rolled out in India and China in addition to Europe and the US.

Companies have joined from all over the world and from a wide range of industrial sectors - from telecommunications and IT to retail and food.

Animated Map: the Most/Least Educated US States

Arizona = #47 out of 50

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Volcanoes Erupting All Over The World:Is Something Happening To The Eart...

Apocalypse Now?

Published on Mar 6, 2017

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Duration:  6:38

We so often complain that others around us aren’t changing in this way or that. But one of the best ways of encouraging them to change is to change ourselves, something we’re often surprisingly reluctant to do.
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“We spend a lot of time trying to change other people. There is, after all, so much wrong with them: they’re selfish, arrogant, bullying, weak, cold, needy and so on.
So we try to point this out – and often meet with resistance, denial or sheer indifference. This can be very agitating and hence renders us cross and severe. Why won’t people take our lessons board?…”
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Be the Change You Want to See

Published on Mar 6, 2017

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We so often complain that others around us aren’t changing in this way or that. But one of the best ways of encouraging them to change is to change ourselves, something we’re often surprisingly reluctant to do.
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“We spend a lot of time trying to change other people. There is, after all, so much wrong with them: they’re selfish, arrogant, bullying, weak, cold, needy and so on.
So we try to point this out – and often meet with resistance, denial or sheer indifference. This can be very agitating and hence renders us cross and severe. Why won’t people take our lessons board?…”
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THE PRICE IS RIGHT > Let's Make A Deal!

To co-op a phrase frequently used by friends-in-high places, your MesaZona blogger is on A Fact-Find Mission. Apparently an 'information packet' was sent to a number of building owners On/Off Main Street with an offer to purchase their properties for $100 per square foot, setting a metric for cash-outs or buy-ins by a un-named investor or group of investors to scoop up a big chunk of real estate here.

That's the going price on-offer to essentially eliminate complications in haggling with hold-outs asking for higher prices and bargaining with multiple property owners to consolidate the ownership of multiple commercial properties in the hands of a few to control economic development the way they want. . . who's THE BIG SHARK in the murky downtown real estate pool looking to gobble-up competing interests with that sparkling pearly-white toothy smile?

It's a wonderful combination of business, politics, finance and government all wrapped-up in a game of Monopoly - where the religion is playing your strong-hand > money.  This time around it's not taxpayer money - oh no let's not use that emotion-tinged term! - it's something of a semantic twist at legislative trickery they are calling 'Community Engagement Districts' or going by the acronyms GPLET or TIF. The prime person trying to move the bills through the State House in Phoenix is none other than millionaire Mesa resident, land owner and politician Bob Worley, seen in image to the left.

Does he have a declared - or undeclared - conflict of interest in these overlapping business, government, finance and political interests that drive his actions in elected office??? It's not easy trying to clear the fog on all the recent feel-good-about-me and what-I'm-doing-for-you Op-Ed and Opinion pieces happily published in East Valley mainstream media that are foisted onto the public written by politicians themselves to promote their own commonwealth or benefit friends-and-family connections - mostly under-the-radar or in-the-dark.

It's a game that gone on for far too long, but it's worked in the past for generations. The only difference now is it's full-tilt legislative trickery by a cohort of conservative Repubs holding onto office as legislators in the Arizona State House, as mayors of cities in the East Valley like Mesa and their "special-interest groups" ...let's leave it there for now. What's next?

 

Million$ in monie$ have been sitting-on-the-sidelines waiting to get-in-the-game by controlling the supply side of the real estate market. It's not a gamble if these 'highly-influential people' control the risk by passing legislation in the Arizona State House for 'developer tax incentives', called TIFs that's been moving through the legislative process that would underwrite and give financial incentives to private developers.

According to an article in the Phoenix Business Journal from September 2015, a group of mayors [image above] got together in public to push for this type of tax give-way TIF.

Mesa Mayor John Giles can be seen sitting back in a comfortable armchair second from the left. What's new in the game of legislative trickery is the use of the phrase COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT - something Giles has self-admittedly failed on in his website mesamayor.com and attempts to engage whatever he thinks community is on social media. Worsley is now hijacking it to propose 'Community Engagement Districts' - that issue is the subject of previous posts here on this MesaZona blog site.

QUESTION: Have about a dozen commercial property owners here in The New Urban Downtown Mesa recently agreed to sell their properties for about $100 per square foot to a buyer setting that price?   Is this free market interference and collusion of some kind? ... or just a good deal whose time is now when all the parties are willing, ready and able?

Some cash-out. Some buy-in. Finance/Carry-back Finance?

Stay tuned and enjoy the ride

 

Final Meeting Agendas for City Council Study + Regular Sessions

Mesa City Council Study Session [1/2 hour allotted time]
Meeting Agenda - Final [1 page]
Mon 06 March 2017 @ 5:15 pm
Mayor John Giles
Vice Mayor David Luna District 5
Councilmember Mark Freeman District 1
Councilmember Jeremy Whittaker District 2
Councilmember Ryan Winkle District 3
Councilmember Chris Glover District 4
Councilmember Kevin Thompson District 6


Any citizen wishing to speak on an agenda item should complete and turn in a blue card to the City Clerk before that item is presented.

Roll Call (Members of the Mesa City Council will attend either in person or by telephone conference call)
1 Review items on the agenda for the March 6, 2017 regular Council meeting.
2 Hear reports on meetings and/or conferences attended.
3 Scheduling of meetings and general information.
4 Adjournment.

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Mesa City Council Regular Meeting
Meeting Agenda - Final [8 pages]
Mon 06 March 2017 @ 5:45 pm

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
All citizens are permitted and encouraged to speak on agenda items including and preceding “Items from citizens present.”
If you are interested in speaking on such an agenda item, please fill out a blue card in the back of the room and give it to the City Clerk. 
When the Council considers the item, you will be called to the podium to provide your comments.
Invocation by Practitioner William Hewett of Christian Science.
Pledge of Allegiance
Awards, Recognitions and Announcements

1 Take action on all consent agenda items.

Items on the Consent Agenda

*2 17-0249 Approval of minutes of previous meetings as written NO LINK PROVIDED

3 3 Take action on the following liquor license applications:
[not included in this post]

4 Take action on the following contracts: [not all included in this post]
*4-d 17-0235 $1,000,000
One-Year Renewal Contract for Emergency Vehicle Equipment and Installation Services for the Fleet Services Department (Citywide)
This contract provides specialized turnkey emergency vehicle equipment and installation services for the City’s Police Department and general vehicle fleet on an as-needed basis. 
The emergency equipment includes:  lights, sirens, push-bars, prisoner cages, consoles, wiring, etc.
The Fleet Services Department and Purchasing recommend authorizing a one-year renewal with Kenco OR LLC, dba LSH Lights, at $1,000,000, based on estimated requirements.
*4-f  17-0237 $157,193.24.
Purchase of Computer Backup Disk Storage Appliances for the Information Technology Department (Citywide) 
This purchase will provide backup appliances that will integrate with the City’s data center infrastructure moving to the AT&T facility.  It is part of the IT lifecycle management program, replacing a large legacy storage array into a single unit at one-tenth of the size and power consumption and also upgrading an existing array to add capacity for future growth.  The solution will provide improved performance and lower operating costs in the new data center.
The Information Technology Department and Purchasing recommend authorizing purchase from the lowest, responsive and responsible bidder, Custom Storage Inc., dba CStor, at $157,193.24.  This purchase is funded by the Information Technology Lifecycle Program budget.
*4-g 17-0231 $270,359.84
Purchase of Eight Replacement Ford Interceptor SUVs for the Police Department (Citywide) 
The vehicles that are being replaced have met established replacement criteria and will be either traded, auctioned, sold, or deployed to special uses as part of the ongoing City of Mesa vehicle replacement program.
The Fleet Services and Police Departments, and Purchasing recommend authorizing the purchase from the contract with PFVT Motors, Inc., dba Peoria Ford, at $270,359.84.  This purchase is funded by the Vehicle Replacement Fund.

*4-j 17-0248  $3,044,876.24 + $914,838.06 annually > TOTAL = $4,959,714.30
[increasing the contract amount on contract 2014122 from $2,804,677.59 to $3,044,876.24 and on contract 2015309 from $860,457.17 to $914,838.06 annually, based on estimated requirements.]
 One-Year Renewal and Contract Amendments to the Term Contracts for Landscape Maintenance Services for Zones 1, 2, 3 and 4 - Parks, Retention Basins and Sports Fields for the Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities Department (Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6)
The vendor has offered to renew the contract with price increases for each zone due to the passage of Proposition 206, which increased the Arizona's minimum wage.
The Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities Department and Purchasing recommend authorizing the renewal and contract amendments with Mariposa Landscape Arizona, Inc., increasing the contract amount on contract 2014122 from $2,804,677.59 to $3,044,876.24 and on contract 2015309 from $860,457.17 to $914,838.06 annually, based on estimated requirements.
Link > http://mesa.legistar.com/gateway.aspx?m=l&id=/matter.aspx?key=10375

5 Take action on the following resolution:
* 5-a 17-0279 Approving and authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Development Agreement with Phx-Mesa Gateway Airport 193, LLC relating to the construction of the Ray Road improvements between South Power Road and South Ellsworth Road. (District 6)
Link > http://mesa.legistar.com/gateway.aspx?m=l&id=/matter.aspx?key=10407


6 Introduction of the following ordinance and setting March 20, 2017 as the date of the public hearing on this ordinance:
*6-a 17-0262 Z17-002 (District 6) 
The 6400 through 6600 blocks of South Mountain Road (west side) and the 6400 through 6600 blocks of the South Signal Butte Road alignment (east side).  Located west of Mountain Road and north of Pecos Road (50.12± acres). 
Rezone from AG to HI-PAD AF (20± acres)
Rezone from GI-CUP AF to HI-PAD-AF (24.3± acres)
Rezone HI-AF to HI-PAD AF (5.82± acres)
Site Plan Review.
This request will allow for the expansion of an existing industrial facility. 
Reese Anderson, Pew and Lake, applicant;
Signal Butte 20, LLC, owner.
Staff Recommendation:  Approval with conditions
P&Z Board Recommendation:  Approval with conditions (Vote: 7-0)
7 Discuss, receive public comment, and take action on the following ordinance:
*7-a  17-0246
Ordinance adopting modified wastewater terms, rates, fees and charges for City-owned utility services, Schedules SM3.1, 4.1, 7.1, 7.4, 9.1 and 9.2, which expands eligibility criteria. (Citywide)
Link > http://mesa.legistar.com/gateway.aspx?m=l&id=/matter.aspx?key=10373

8 Take action on the following subdivision plats:
*8-a 17-0206
"Final Plat Parcel A at PPGN” (District 6) 
The 9500 to the 9600 blocks of East Cadence Parkway.  Located south of Ray Road, between Ellsworth and Crismon Roads. 
81 PC single residence lots (14.57± acres). 
PPGN - Ray, LLLP, owner; Mary F. Kennedy, EPS Group, surveyor.

*8-b 17-0208
"Map of Dedication - Williams Field Road” (District 6) 
The 10100 - 10800 blocks of East Williams Field Road.  Located west of Signal Butte Road (1.53 ± acres). 
AVH EM, LLC, owner;
Raymond S. Munoz III, EPS Group, surveyor. 
 
*8-c 17-0209 "Map of Dedication - for Canyon Winds Senior Living” (District 5) 
The 7200 - 7300 blocks of East McDowell Road (north side).  Located east of Power Road on the north side of McDowell Road (50.71 ± acres). 
Canyon Winds Retirement, LLC, owner;
Jay Edward Mihalek, JMA Engineering Corporation, surveyor.

9 Items not on the Consent Agenda
Items from citizens present.  (Maximum of three speakers for three minutes per speaker).


Source: http://mesa.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx