Thanks to Covid-19, IEDM goes virtual this year, over the weeks of December 5 – 18th. After scanning through the advance program, and the tipsheet, a couple of papers from Intel caught my eye, one on complementary stacked nanoribbon transistors, and the other detailing embedded DRAM using anti-ferroelectric (AFE) capacitors.
SEMI Applauds Launch of EU Pact for Skills to Mobilize 2 Billion Euro Investment in Microelectronics Talent
SEMI, the global industry association representing the electronics manufacturing and design supply chain, today announced strong support for the Pact for Skills launched by European Commissioners Nicolas Schmit and Thierry Breton to help reskill and upskill Europe’s microelectronics industry talent in the coming years.
TechSearch International Examines HBM Growth and Package Options for HBM + Logic
The market for high bandwidth memory (HBM) is projected to grow 49% in wafers, including DRAM and logic layers, from 2020 to 2024.
proteanTecs CEO to Present Universal Chip Telemetry at the Taiwan Semiconductor Executive Summit (TSES)
proteanTecs, a developer of Deep Data solutions for electronics’ health and performance monitoring, will present at the Taiwan Semiconductor Executive Summit (TSES), taking place in Hsinchu on December 1-2, 2020.
Keysight Expands European Distribution Channel
Keysight Technologies, Inc., a technology company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced the addition of two new partners – Batronix and Batter Fly – to the company’s expanding European distribution network.
Stanford Scientists Invent Ultrafast Way To Manufacture Perovskite Solar Modules
Most solar cells today are made with refined silicon that turns sunlight into clean electricity. Unfortunately, the process of refining silicon is far from clean, requiring vast amounts of energy from carbon-emitting power plants.
Patterning Method Could Pave the Way for New Fiber-Based Devices, Smart Textiles
Multimaterial fibers that integrate metal, glass and semiconductors could be useful for applications such as biomedicine, smart textiles and robotics. But because the fibers are composed of the same materials along their lengths, it is difficult to position functional elements, such as electrodes or sensors, at specific locations.
GrAI Matter Labs Raises $14M to Bring Fastest AI per Watt to Every Device on the Edge
GrAI Matter Labs, a pioneer of brain inspired ultra-low latency computing, today announced its latest financing round of $14 million. The round was led by iBionext, joined by all existing investors and newly welcomed Bpifrance through the Future Investment Program and Celeste Management.
BrainChip Appoints Geoffrey Carrick as Non-Executive Director
BrainChip Holdings Ltd, a provider of ultra-low power high performance AI technology, today announced that Geoffrey Carrick has joined the Company as a Non-Executive Director (NED). Mr. Carrick has extensive capital markets experience and provides governance and regulatory insights in Australia.
Direct Visualization of Quantum Dots Reveals Shape of Quantum Wave Function
Trapping and controlling electrons in bilayer graphene quantum dots yields a promising platform for quantum information technologies. Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have now achieved the first direct visualization of quantum dots in bilayer graphene, revealing the shape of the quantum wave function of the trapped electrons.
