More than 400 electronics industry experts will gather at SEMI MEMS & Imaging Sensors Summit, 25-27 September, 2019 in Grenoble, France, for the latest MEMS and imaging sensors developments and innovations that are advancing the user experience with hundreds of millions of smart devices.
Microsoft, GLOBALFOUNDRIES Join Si2 OpenAccess Coalition
Microsoft Corporation and GLOBALFOUNDRIES have joined Silicon Integration Initiative’s OpenAccess Coalition, a diverse group of international semiconductor companies that support the OpenAccess design database application programming interface.
KIST Develops Technology For Creating Flexible Sensors on Topographic Surfaces
The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) research team developed a transfer-printing technology that uses hydrogel and nano ink to easily create high-performance sensors on flexible substrates of diverse shapes and structures.
Single-Electrode Material Streamlines Functions Into a Tiny Chip
The ability to combine many functions into a single microchip is a significant advance in the quest to perfect the tiny, self-powered sensors that will expand the Internet of things. KAUST researchers have managed to combine sensing, energy-harvesting, current-rectifying and energy-storage functions into a single microchip.
Extraordinarily Thick Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Solve Nagging Issues
New approach eases manufacturing constraints and improves viewing angle with little effect on performance.
Strategic Materials Conference 2019 Highlights ‘Year of Transition, Material Opportunities and Challenges’
With advanced materials now a critical enabler of semiconductor growth applications, the stage is set for Strategic Materials Conference (SMC 2019), the premier event offering the latest market insights into drivers of advanced materials in the microelectronics supply chain.
Tackling the Power Problem in Portable Voice-First Devices
Every day it seems like a new portable voice-first device is coming to market. From smart speakers small enough to fit in your pocket to tiny wireless earbuds and voice-activated TV remote controls, we are using voice increasingly to play music, select TV shows, turn on the lights or interact with our smart thermostat.
DARPA 3DSoC Initiative Completes First Year, Update Provided at ERI Summit on Key Steps Achieved to Transfer Technology into SkyWater’s 200mm U.S. Foundry
Progress moves technology closer to availability of a standard foundry process designed to greatly increase compute performance and energy efficiency.
Flash Memory Summit Announces Lifetime Achievement Award Winner for 2019
Flash Memory Summit (FMS), to be held August 6-8 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, is pleased to announce Sanjay Mehrotra as the recipient of its 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award, “for co-founding SanDisk, advancing the architecture that enabled the industry and marketplace for flash memory, and leadership of Micron Technology, Inc. and the Semiconductor Industry Association.”
North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts June 2019 Billings
June billings of North American equipment manufacturers fell nearly three percent when compared to the prior month.