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My take: on ‘Intel Accelerated’
My take: on ‘Intel Accelerated’
Feature articles |
The webcast entitled 'Intel Accelerated' was a welcome insight into what the US chip giant is doing to try and…
3D metal printer raises $19 million
3D metal printer raises $19 million
Business news |
Additive manufacturer Fabric8Labs Inc. (San Diego, Calif.), founded in 2015, has closed a Series A funding round worth $19 million.
Taking plastic chips into healthcare
Taking plastic chips into healthcare
Business news |
ARM is designing a low cost, flexible heart monitor in the plastic chip process developed by PragmatIC potentially using multiple…
CEO interview: Untether’s Arun Iyengar on the chiplet opportunity
CEO interview: Untether’s Arun Iyengar on the chiplet opportunity
Interviews |
As fabless chip company Untether AI announced a funding round of $125 million we took the opportunity to speak with…

Fragmented chip manufacturing brings big risks, says TSMC founder
Fragmented chip manufacturing brings big risks, says TSMC founder
Business news |
The drive to 'sovereignty' in chip making could cost hundreds of billions of dollars, slow down development and still not provide regions with self-sufficiency, says Morris Chang, the retired chairman…
Electromagnetic platform designed for surgical navigation    
Electromagnetic platform designed for surgical navigation    
Business news |
TT Electronics and Radwave Technologies develop platform to accurately track minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic devices in procedures with no clear line of sight…
Organic electronics poised to enter the GHz-regime
Organic electronics poised to enter the GHz-regime
Technology News |
Vertical organic transistor designs to enable high-frequency operation and low-cost integration, a milestone towards flexible, low-power GHz-electronics.
ARM shows first plastic M0+ microcontroller
ARM shows first plastic M0+ microcontroller
Technology News |
ARM has developed the first full 32bit microcontroller built on a flexible plastic material.
European Commission forms processor, semiconductor alliance
European Commission forms processor, semiconductor alliance
Business news |
The European Commission has announced an industrial alliance for processors and semiconductor technologies. It also announced an alliance on for industrial data, edge and cloud.
TSMC founder warns ‘on-shoring’ chip manufacturing could backfire
TSMC founder warns ‘on-shoring’ chip manufacturing could backfire
Business news |
Morris Chang, the retired chairman and founder of foundry chipmaker TSMC, has warned that multiple efforts to create chipmaking autonomy could cost hundreds of billions of dollars, slow down development…
Pneumatic random-access memory for controlling soft robots
Pneumatic random-access memory for controlling soft robots
Technology News |
Engineers at the University of California, Riverside say they have developed an air-powered computer memory that can be used to control pneumatic soft robots, which use pressurized air to move…
China rises in global IC wafer capacity ranking
China rises in global IC wafer capacity ranking
Market news |
China has overtaken North America to become the region or country with the fourth largest installed wafer production capacity with 15.3 percent market share, according to IC Insights.
First complementary vertical organic transistors reach GHz speeds
First complementary vertical organic transistors reach GHz speeds
Technology News |
Researchers in Germany have developed the first vertical organic transistor capable of operating at 4V and gigahertz speeds.
TSMC looks to 12nm Dresden fab
TSMC looks to 12nm Dresden fab
Business news |
TSMC, the world's leading foundry, may change its policy and agree to set up wafer fabs in Germany and Japan.
TSMC U-turn; considers building German, Japanese wafer fabs
TSMC U-turn; considers building German, Japanese wafer fabs
Business news |
TSMC, the world's leading foundry, may change its policy and agree to set up wafer fabs in Germany and Japan, according to a Digitimes report that references unnamed sources.
Continental invests in industrial sensor startup
Continental invests in industrial sensor startup
Business news |
Isreali startup-company Feelit is developing sensor solutions for industrial applications which enable the development of predictive maintenance and similar solutions. Continental now has acquired a minority stake in the Feelit.
Flexible fab could slash chip shortage
Flexible fab could slash chip shortage
Interviews |
Richard Price, CTO at PragmatIC, talks to Nick Flaherty about a flexible fab approach that can slash the time taken to design and make a chip.
After pandemic perturbation comes extreme chip market growth
After pandemic perturbation comes extreme chip market growth
Market news |
The global market for semiconductors went into overdrive in May with year-on-year growth at 26.2 percent, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.
Leti announces replacement as CEO goes to Soitec
Leti announces replacement as CEO goes to Soitec
Business news |
Emmanuel Sabonnadiere, formerly CEO of France's state-supported research institute, has become vice president of silicon-carbide at wafer producer Soitec SA (Grenoble, France).
Eurodrone and SDR project see €137m
Eurodrone and SDR project see €137m
Business news |
The EU has allocated €1.2bn to defence projects including a European drone and secure software defined radio (SDR) system that get immediate backing…
Conductive coatings replace complex cable harnesses
Conductive coatings replace complex cable harnesses
Technology News |
The increasing number of electrical and electronic devices in vehicles makes the wiring harnesses in cars larger, more expensive and heavier. An additional weight of up to 50 kilos is…
Backscatter advance promises near-zero-power IoT 5G communications
Backscatter advance promises near-zero-power IoT 5G communications
Technology News |
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Nokia Bell Labs, and Heriot-Watt University say they have found a low-cost way for backscatter radios to support high-throughput communication and 5G-speed Gb/sec…
Flexible electronics development kit is open platform
Flexible electronics development kit is open platform
New Products |
Flexible displays and sensors maker Royole Corporation has announced what it says is the world's first open platform flexible electronics development kit for product designers and application developers to discover…
Farnell launches new online Technical Resources hub
Farnell launches new online Technical Resources hub
Business news |
Provides engineers with free online technical tools and comprehensive research and training materials to assist product design and career development.
Conductive coatings replace complex cable harnesses
Conductive coatings replace complex cable harnesses
Technology News |
The increasing number of electrical and electronic devices in vehicles makes the wiring harnesses in cars larger, more expensive and heavier. An additional weight of up to 50 kilos is…
Fast-growing product category IC markets ranked
Fast-growing product category IC markets ranked
Market news |
IC Insights has gone bullish, trumping WSTS and on a par with Future Horizons' upside prediction, by raising its estimate for IC market growth in 2021 from 19 to 24…
US proposes 25% tax credit for chip making
US proposes 25% tax credit for chip making
Business news |
A bi-partisan team of US politicians has introduced the Facilitating American-Built Semiconductors (FABS) Act into Congress. It would provide a strong incentive to increase chip manufacturing.
US, EU make Western hemisphere semiconductor pact
US, EU make Western hemisphere semiconductor pact
Business news |
The United States and the European Union have said they will form a partnership for the purpose of enhancing the west's ability to design and produce leading-edge chips.


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