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Bits&Chips

Hosted by René Raaijmakers · technology · NL-NL

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René Raaijmakers spreekt met de drijvende krachten uit de hightech industrie. Gezichtsbepalende onderzoekers, technici en leiders vertellen over trends, technologie, business en over hun drijfveren.

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31%

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What is Bits&Chips about?

René Raaijmakers spreekt met de drijvende krachten uit de hightech industrie. Gezichtsbepalende onderzoekers, technici en leiders vertellen over trends, technologie, business en over hun drijfveren.

Who hosts Bits&Chips?

Bits&Chips is hosted by René Raaijmakers. The show has published 77 episodes to date.

What has Bits&Chips covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Bits&Chips in gesprek met Eric Beyne (Imec)" (21 April 2026, 64 minutes), "Bits&Chips talks to ASML's Arie Den Boef" (8 April 2026, 57 minutes), and "Bits&Chips talks to Tusk IC's Shailesh Kulkarni & Kathleen Philips" (31 March 2026, 54 minutes).

How often does Bits&Chips publish?

Bits&Chips publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 37 minutes across 77 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Bits&Chips?

Booking probability for Bits&Chips is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Bits&Chips requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Bits&Chips's contact route on record: public web form.

Who should pitch Bits&Chips?

The strongest fits for Bits&Chips are Scientific Research & Development. Bits&Chips has a technology audience.

About the host

René Raaijmakers hosts Bits&Chips, a technology podcast with 77 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Bits&Chips

    Bits&Chips in gesprek met Eric Beyne (Imec)

    Apr 21, 20261h 4m

    Imec senior fellow Eric Beyne geeft op 22 mei op de Benelux Heterogeneous Integration Conference een keynotepresentatie. Bits&Chips ging alvast bij hem langs om te praten over advanced packaging en Erics vakgebied, 3D...

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    Bits&Chips talks to ASML's Arie Den Boef

    Apr 8, 202657 min

    ASML Corporate Fellow Arie den Boef is the driving force behind Yieldstar, a metrology instrument that is indispensable in advanced chip manufacturing. Bits&Chips speaks with Arie about a quarter century of Yieldstar...

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    Bits&Chips talks to Tusk IC's Shailesh Kulkarni & Kathleen Philips

    Mar 31, 202654 min

    Tusk-IC develops the transmitter and receiver chips for dishes that can communicate with satellites in low Earth orbit. This will open up a market that is currently dominated by Starlink, Elon Musk’s system...

  • Episode #3

    Bit&Chips in gesprek met Frank rood - Deel 3

    Feb 11, 202632 min

    In de derde aflevering over modulariteit praat Bits&Chips met Frank Rood over de bedrijfscultuur die nodig is om het beste te halen uit modulair werken. https://bits-chips.com/

  • Episode #2

    Bits&Chips in gesprek met Frank Rood - Deel 2

    Feb 3, 202633 min

    In de tweede aflevering over modulariteit praat Bits&Chips met Frank Rood over het kiezen van de juiste modules en hoe je projecten modulair maakt. In the second episode on modularity, Bits&Chips talks to Frank Rood...

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  • Episode #1

    Bits&Chips in gesprek met Frank Rood - Deel 1

    Jan 15, 202637 minS1

    Bits&Chips praat met Frank Rood over modulair werken. In deze eerste aflevering gaan we terug naar de basis, waarom zou je modulair willen werken en wat is het precies? Bits&Chips talks with Frank Rood about modular...

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    Bits&Chips talks to Trumpf's Matthias Wissert

    Oct 8, 202524 min

    Matthias Wissert, head of R&D at Trumpf, about the changes in the engineering culture at the German machine and laser developer in the last twelve years - driven in part by the collaboration with ASML...

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    Bits&Chips catches up with Marcel Pelgrom

    Sep 18, 202514 min

    Marcel Pelgrom proposes to invest 199 million euros in a new Dutch chip measurement lab. https://bits-chips.com/

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    Bits&Chips talks to ASML's Ale Sytsma (Dutch)

    Sep 17, 202548 min

    Ale Sytsma is one of the last three ASML employees with a Philips background who will retire this year. He installed the first PAS 2000 waferstepper at the very first customer, IBM in Burlington (US). In this interview...

  • Episode #3

    Bits&Chips talks to Trumpf's Jonathan Müller - Part 3

    Sep 10, 202520 min

    ASML and Trumpf both have different systems engineering approaches, deeply rooted in their organization. The requirements for lowering costs nicely show this. Jonathan Muller talks about it in this podcast...

  • Episode #2

    Bits&Chips talks to Trumpf's Jonathan Müller - Part 2

    Sep 3, 202527 min

    To keep up with the pace in the semiconductor market, Trumpf had no other choice than to adapt to the ASML way of working. In this episode, Jonathan Müller explains what that meant for systems engineering and the...

  • Episode #1

    Bits&Chips talks to Trumpf's Jonathan Müller - Part 1

    Aug 28, 202524 min

    Trumpf is famous for its lasers and metal-cutting machines, but the German company had to change its traditional way of systems engineering when it started to develop the drive lasers for ASML’s EUV source. René...

  • Episode #3

    Bits&Chips in gesprek met Cees Links - Deel 3

    Jun 25, 202532 min

    Cees Links leidde bij Lucent en later Agere de ontwikkeling van wifi, een weergaloos succes in draadloze communicatie. Het gebeurde allemaal in ons land, ver weg van het grote corporate moederbedrijf. Bits&Chips praat...

  • Episode #1

    Bits&Chips in gesprek met Cees Links - Deel 1

    Jun 18, 202526 min

    Na een zeer succesvolle carrière bij grote Amerikaanse bedrijven NCR, Lucent en Agere vond Cees Links zichzelf opnieuw uit en ging startups leiden. Greenpeak sloot hij met een succesvolle exit af, nu is hij ceo van...

  • Episode #3

    Bits&Chips Velorama Tapes met Marcel Pelgrom - Deel 3

    Jun 11, 202524 min

    Hebben we wellicht te hoge verwachtingen van AI? Verschillende analisten uiten hun bedenkingen bij de economische levensvatbaarheid van de technologie. Voor welke toepassing of welk product gaan consumenten de...

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    Bits&Chips in conversation with Peter Jenkins

    Jun 4, 202540 min

    After working 28 years at ASML, Peter Jenkins in 2019 decided to take the ceo job of Infinitesima, a company that develops metrology for the semiconductor industry. Bits&Chips travelled to Abingdon (near Oxford) to ask...

  • Episode #2

    Bits&Chips Velorama Tapes met Marcel Pelgrom - Deel 2

    May 27, 202552 min

    Marcel Pelgrom en René Raaijmakers over de hardware hegemonie van Nvidia en hoe ai zich verhoudt tot brute rekenkracht. Voorbeelden uit schaken en Go vertellen Pelgrom dat er een nieuwe vorm van intelligentie is...

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    Bits&Chips in gesprek met Patrick de Jager

    May 21, 20251h 4m

    Patrick de Jager was in zijn lange carrière getuige of betrokken bij vele Nederlandse innovaties. Voor Invest-NL dook hij in de roadmaps van verschillende semiconbedrijven en -organisaties. Hij destilleerde daaruit de...

  • Episode #1

    Bits&Chips Velorama Tapes met Marcel Pelgrom - Deel 1

    May 13, 202534 min

    In het eerste deel van de ‘Velorama Tapes’ blikt Marcel Pelgrom terug op de geschiedenis van kunstmatige intelligentie en vertelt tevens over zijn eerste ervaringen met AI op het Natlab.

  • Episode #6

    Bits&Chips in gesprek met Gerrit Muller - Deel 6

    Apr 30, 202530 min

    In het laatste deel van deze serie praat René Raaijmakers met Gerrit Muller over complexiteit. Via dat onderwerp belanden ze toch weer bij de invloed van mensen en culturen bij bedrijven en - we kunnen er niet omheen...

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