Convention preview: WESCON '74: Something for every EE: The technical program ranges over many disciplines and complements an exciting exhibition

WESCON technical sessions this year will concentrate heavily on “state-of-the-art” component technologies - charge-coupled devices (CCDs), microprocessors, displays (plasma, liquid crystal), and microwave devices (Gunn-effect and impatt) — as well as marketing and management topics. Much of the technical content is tied to computer hardware and software. For example, one of the two CCD sessions is devoted entirely to CCD memories in computers. About half the sessions are aimed at end users of electronics, many in nonelectronic fields such as medicine and agriculture. Production and manufacturing techniques are to be covered in a panel discussion, on the various semiconductor bonding technologies, and in sessions like those on additive printed-circuit techniques and automatic testing of LSI ICs and printed-circuit boards.