New Silicon Nanowires Can Really Take the Heat

Scientists have demonstrated a new material that conducts heat 150% more efficientlythan conventional materials used in advanced chip technologies.

imec Spin-Off SOLiTHOR Closes a €10M Seed Investment Round to Develop a New Disruptive Solid-State Battery Cell Technology

The proceeds will be used to develop the technology required to enable further electrification of our transport industry with solutions that address current issues in autonomy, performance, longevity and safety.

DuPont Opens New Kapton and Pyralux Production Line in Circleville, Ohio

DuPont Interconnect Solutions, a business within the Electronics & Industrial segment, recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony with elected officials and business leaders to formally mark the completion of its $250 million capital project to expand production of Kapton polyimide film and Pyralux flexible circuit materials at the Circleville manufacturing site.

Quadric and MegaChips Form Partnership to Bring IP Products to ASIC and SoC Market

Quadric and MegaChips today announced a strategic partnership to deliver ASIC and SoC solutions built on Quadric’s groundbreaking edge AI processor architecture.

imec Unites Partners from the Semiconductor Value Chain to Jointly Target Net-Zero Emissions for Chip Manufacturing

imec announces that its Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies and Systems (SSTS) research program succeeded in bringing together stakeholders of the semiconductor value chain.

Sub-fab Improvements Require Reliable Real-time and High Sensitivity In-situ Data

Robust, high speed and high sensitivity real-time data monitoring is essential for enabling rapid response and tight feedback loops.

Electronic Skin: Physicist at TU Graz Develops Multisensory Hybrid Material

The “smart skin” developed by Anna Maria Coclite is very similar to human skin. It senses pressure, humidity and temperature simultaneously and produces electronic signals. More sensitive robots or more intelligent prostheses are thus conceivable.

Samsung Has 18 Talks at the VLSI Symposia in June, Including 3nm GAAFET LDO

The VLSI Symposia are coming up on June 12 – 17, at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu, and recently their media associates released the tipsheet describing some of the upcoming papers.

STMicroelectronics Introduces Single-Channel Load Switches for Applications with High Startup Current

STMicroelectronics has released single-channel versions of its programmable high-side switches, the IPS1025H and the IPS1025H-32.

Roviero Joins Arm AI Partner Program to Future-Proof AI-Based IoT Solutions

Roviero, a Silicon Valley provider of highly programmable and flexible AI compute is joining the Arm AI Partner Program to bring AI and general-purpose compute as a packaged product to customers in the edge IoT space.