Using DNA technologies to create a new generation of tiny electronics components at low production costs: this is the main goal of the European-funded project 3D-BRICKS, coordinated by Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) in Genoa (Italy), and involving an interdisciplinary team of top researchers from Italy, Spain, Germany, Belgium, and Switzerland.
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University Breaks Ground on One-of-a-Kind Semiconductor Facility
The University of Arkansas celebrated an important milestone with the groundbreaking on a building that Chancellor Charles Robinson suggested might someday rival the U of A’s most iconic structure, Old Main, in significance to the university and the state of Arkansas.

Silicon Fabricated Parts Market Forecasting High Growth
Increased layer technology and OLED growth driving demand for silicon parts.
CHIPS Act, 3D-IC, AI, Open Source, and EDA-IP Tool Trends Dominate
Familiar semiconductor EDA-IP trends remain but vary in impact for 2023.
IDTechEx Discusses Chips as Currency: America, China, and the AI Race
Running in the background to the more visible, very real wars occurring around the world at present, there is another, economic and industrial in nature.
Bruker to Acquire PhenomeX
Bruker Corporation and PhenomeX Inc. today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Bruker to acquire PhenomeX for $1.00 per share in an all-cash transaction.
o9 Takes Big Steps in Augmenting Its Industry-leading Integrated Planning Platform with Generative AI Capabilities
o9 Solutions, a software platform provider for integrated planning and decision-making, announced today that it has taken big steps to augment its Digital Brain platform with generative AI capabilities.
Infineon Introduces New Automotive 60 V and 120 V OptiMOS 5 in TOLx Packages
The automotive market for Electronic Control Units (ECUs) powered by 24 V-72 V is expected to keep growing in the coming years.
Blueshift Memory Announces Flash Memory Summit Best in Show Award for Cambridge Architecture
Blueshift Memory, designer of a novel proprietary high-speed memory architecture, has announced that the Cambridge Architecture has been selected to receive the Most Innovative Memory Technology award in the Memory Accelerator Architecture category at last week’s Flash Memory Summit Best in Show Awards in Santa Clara – the world’s largest computer memory event.
Synopsys Announces Sassine Ghazi to Assume President and CEO Role Jan. 1, 2024
Synopsys, Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Sassine Ghazi as president and Chief Executive Officer effective on Jan. 1, 2024.