Semiconductors

Amber Solutions’ Energy Traffic Controller Promises Greater Building Electrical Efficiency and Stability Enabled by Hyper-Intelligent, Autonomous Energy Source Selection

Amber Solutions today announced the latest innovative design to leverage its technology — a solid-state based Energy Traffic Controller with embedded intelligence that enables on-the-fly switching of building electricity sources.

Microchips of the Future: Suitable Insulators Are Still Missing

For decades, there has been a trend in microelectronics towards ever smaller and more compact transistors. 2D materials such as graphene are seen as a beacon of hope here: they are the thinnest material layers that can possibly exist, consisting of only one or a few atomic layers. Nevertheless, they can conduct electrical currents – conventional silicon technology, on the other hand, no longer works properly if the layers become too thin.

GaN Power Transistor Prices Drop Below $1.00

GaN Systems, the global leader in GaN (gallium nitride) power transistors, today announced that its low current, high volume GaN transistors have fallen below $1.00 USD.

TESCAN Announces 2021 Spring Seminars for Semiconductor and Additive Manufacturing

TESCAN ORSAY HOLDING a.s. announces a new Spring Seminar Series for electron microscopy and micro computed tomography (micro-CT) users worldwide.

Soitec Reinforces Its Commitments to the “France Relance” Plan

The French Minister of Industry, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, and the electronics industries, including Soitec, reinforced their commitments to the country’s economic recovery plan, “France Relance”, in a meeting at Soitec’s headquarters today.

EMD Performance Materials Announces Further Investments of Electronics Business and New Name: EMD Electronics

EMD Performance Materials today announced an expanded focus on the US electronics business and a new name in the US: EMD Electronics.

Intel to Collaborate with Microsoft on DARPA Program

Intel today announced that it has signed an agreement with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to perform in its Data Protection in Virtual Environments (DPRIVE) program.

Light in Concert With Force Reveals How Materials Become Harder When Illuminated

When indented by a probe in darkness, wafers of some semiconductors are putty-like. When illuminated by light whose wavelength matches the band gap, they become hard, as electrons and holes freed by the light suppress the propagation of dislocations.

Reduced Heat Leakage Improves Wearable Health Device

North Carolina State University engineers continue to improve the efficiency of a flexible device worn on the wrist that harvests heat energy from the human body to monitor health.

Lithium-ion Battery Market Size Worth $83.36 Billion by 2027

The global lithium-ion battery market size is expected to reach USD 83.36 billion by 2027 according to a new study by Polaris Market Research.

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