Third-year doctoral student Toshiaki Takahashi, associate professor Kazuhiro Takahashi, and their research team from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology developed a testing chip using semiconductor micro-machining that can detect volatile gasses in exhaled breath in ppm concentrations at room temperature.
CEA-Leti Reports Machine-Learning Breakthrough that Opens Way to Edge Learning
CEA-Leti scientists have demonstrated a machine-learning technique exploiting what have been previously considered as “non-ideal” traits of resistive-RAM (RRAM) devices, overcoming barriers to developing RRAM-based edge-learning systems.
Foxconn and Winbond Make Strategic Investment in Kneron
Kneron, Inc., a leading on-device edge artificial intelligence (AI) company based in San Diego, California, announces it has raised additional funding from Foxconn and Winbond.
TSMC Reports Fourth Quarter EPS of NT$5.51
TSMC announced consolidated revenue of NT$361.53 billion, net income of NT$142.77 billion, and diluted earnings per share of NT$5.51 (US$0.97 per ADR unit) for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2020.
Conductive Nature in Crystal Structures Revealed at Magnification ff 10 Million Times
In groundbreaking materials research, a team led by University of Minnesota Professor K. Andre Mkhoyan has made a discovery that blends the best of two sought-after qualities for touchscreens and smart windows–transparency and conductivity.
Annual Outlooks at Virtual ISS 2021 Point to Global Economic and Chip Industry Growth
The global economy will return to pre-pandemic growth levels in 2021 as the world begins an uneven gross domestic product rebound, marking the start of an expansion that will see the semiconductor industry grow to $1 trillion in chip sales in the early 2030s, speakers at the Virtual SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS) last week revealed.
Value of Semiconductor Industry M&A Agreements Sets Record in 2020
Five mega-agreements pushed M&A value to $118.0 billion last year.
Debbie Gustafson, CEO of Energetiq Technology, Recognized in 2021 SPIE Women in Optics Planner
Energetiq Technology, a world leader in high brightness broadband light sources, is celebrating the recognition of its CEO Debbie Gustafson in the 2021 SPIE Women in Optics Planner.
Synopsys and Socionext Expand Collaboration to Deploy HBM2E IP for 5-Nanometer Process in AI and High-Performance Computing SoCs
Synopsys, Inc. and Socionext, Inc. today announced their collaboration to expand Socionext’s use of Synopsys’ broad DesignWare® IP to include Synopsys’ HBM2E IP for maximum memory throughput in AI and high-performance computing (HPC) applications.
Blue-Light Stride in Perovskite-Based LEDs
Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed efficient blue light-emitting diodes based on halide perovskites. “We are very excited about this breakthrough”, says Feng Gao, professor at Linköping University. The new LEDs may open the way to cheap and energy-efficient illumination.
