The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced global semiconductor industry sales were $47.2 billion in the month of August 2021, an increase of 29.7% over the August 2020 total of $36.4 billion and 3.3% more than the July 2021 total of $45.7 billion.
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Lux Research Announces 2021 Innovator of the Year Award Honorees
Lux Research introduced its first-ever Lux Innovator of the Year Awards.
Wireless E-Tattoo for Pneumonia Aims to Transform Patient Monitoring
Pneumonia has emerged as a life-threatening complication of COVID-19, accounting for nearly half of all patients who have died from the novel coronavirus in the U.S. since the beginning of the pandemic. Even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, pneumonia was responsible for more than 43,000 deaths in 2019.
UCLA Bioengineers Develop New Class of Human-Powered Bioelectronics
A team of bioengineers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has invented a novel soft and flexible self-powered bioelectronic device.
Swagelok Company Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Celebrated New Global Headquarters
Local and state officials joined the executive leadership of Swagelok Company for a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the completion of Swagelok’s Global Headquarters and Innovation Center.
Rescheduled to Dec. 28-30: SEMICON Taiwan 2021 to Highlight Semiconductor Industry Growth Opportunities
Semiconductor leaders and visionaries will convene December 28-30 at SEMICON Taiwan 2021 for insights into the latest innovations that will drive the next wave of industry growth as the event, the region’s premier gathering of the entire electronics manufacturing and design supply chain, returns to the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1.
Full Color LEDs Cut Down to Size
Micrometer-scale light-emitting diodes are the ideal building block for next-generation microLED displays used in head-mounted monitors, mobile phones and televisions because they are bright, respond quickly, offer longevity and consume little energy. KAUST researchers have shown that these scaled-down devices can efficiently emit light across the entire visible-light spectrum.
Panel-Level Heterogeneous Integration Technology for Analog ICs
Micro-transfer printing, a massively parallel pick-and-place process, may be used to produce HI analog ICs comprised of large arrays of ultra-thin separately manufactured components interconnected using redistribution layer technology.
GOWIN Semiconductor Enables Education and Hobbyists Development Community
GOWIN Semiconductor Corp., the world’s fastest-growing programmable logic company, announces a new user community called Magic Jelly Bean.
DARPA Researchers Can Now Accelerate Technology Innovation Using Microchip’s Low-Power FPGA Product Families
Microchip Technology Inc. today announced it has joined the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Toolbox initiative that gives the organization’s researchers simplified open licensing opportunities with commercial technology vendors.
