IC Insights is in the process of completing its forecast and analysis of the IC industry and will present its new findings in The McClean Report 2020, which will be published later this month. Among the semiconductor industry data included in the new 400+ page report is an in-depth analysis of the IC foundry market and its suppliers.
Imec Demonstrates Scalable III-V and III-N Devices on Si Targeting beyond 5G RF Front-End Modules
Imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, presents the first functional GaAs-based heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) devices on 300mm Si, and CMOS-compatible GaN-based devices on 200mm Si for mm-wave applications.
Growing Strained Crystals Could Improve Performance of Perovskite Electronics
A new method could enable researchers to fabricate more efficient and longer lasting perovskite solar cells, LEDs and photodetectors. By growing thin perovskite films on substrates with different compositions, engineers at the University of California San Diego have invented a way of fabricating perovskite single crystals with precisely deformed, or strained, structures. Engineering a small amount of strain in perovskites is of great interest because it provides a way to make significant changes in the material’s properties, such as how it conducts electricity, absorbs and transmits light, or how stable it is.
Exact Metrology Offers $30 Challenge to Prove that the GOM CT Scanner is the Most Accurate Industrial CT Scanner on the Market
Exact Metrology, a provider of 3D and CT scanning equipment and metrology services, now offers the GOM CT scanner — the most accurate industrial CT scanner currently on the market for sale or on a contract basis. The GOM CT scanner offers the highest accuracy and highest resolution of any 225kV system available today. Additional features include a 3k detector (3008 x2512 pixels), voxel size between 2 µm – 80 µm, photogrammetric calibration, and 5-axis kinematics, measuring area of Ø 240 mm, H. 400 mm, temperature balancing and I/O port.
Inphi Surpasses Significant Milestone of 100,000 COLORZ Units Shipped
Inphi Corporation (NYSE: IPHI), a leader in high-speed data movement interconnects, today announced that it has shipped more than 100,000 COLORZ® units, the industry’s first lowest power and most cost effective 100G Silicon Photonics PAM4 platform solution for 80km DWDM connectivity in a QSFP28 form factor. The demand for bandwidth, driven by streaming video, social networking, cloud computing and mobile e-commerce, is motivating network operators to deploy cloud applications closer to the end users.
Sublimation, Not Melting: Graphene Surprises Researchers Again
Physicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the Institute for High Pressure Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences have used computer modeling to refine the melting curve of graphite that has been studied for over 100 years, with inconsistent findings. They also found that graphene “melting” is in fact sublimation. The results of the study came out in the journal Carbon.
MolecuLED Organic Color Conversion Technology Set to Revolutionize Large Screen TV and Horticulture Industries
StoreDot, a pioneer of ultra-fast charging (UFC) technology for electric vehicles, today announces the formation of a new, independent company to drive development of its unique MolecuLED wavelength conversion technology. The new business, named MolecuLED, will focus on the continued development of the technology in the TV and large display screen market, while exploring opportunities for transformative applications in industries such as horticulture and healthcare.
Bose and HERE Fuel AR Experience Innovation By Combining Location and Audio Technologies
HERE Technologies, a global leader in mapping and location platform services, today announced a collaboration with Bose Corporation to jointly enable their respective developer communities to deploy augmented reality (AR) location applications and services. This collaboration gives HERE developers access to the Bose AR platform and spatial-audio capabilities, and extends the HERE platform, positioning and mobile SDK location technologies to developers building audio AR applications and experiences.
AI Chip Company Syntiant Joins Qualcomm Extension Program
Syntiant, an AI chip company providing custom always-on voice solutions at the edge, today announced that it is now a member of the Qualcomm® Extension Program, offering OEMs and ODMs accelerated integration of its ultra-low-power neural network technology with Qualcomm® Bluetooth audio platforms and SOCs. With support from the Qualcomm Extension Program, Syntiant plans to deliver a touch-free, cloud- free, machine learning voice solution for always-on speech applications in battery-powered devices, such as Bluetooth-enabled earbuds and hearable devices.
Murata and Google Team to Develop World’s Smallest AI Module With Coral Intelligence
Murata Electronics Americas announced today that it has created the world’s smallest artificial intelligence (AI) module in partnership with Google – the Coral Accelerator Module. The custom designed module packages Google’s Edge TPU ASIC within a miniaturized footprint. The solution overcomes some of the most pressing challenges in implementing AI solutions by delivering superior noise suppression and simplifying printed circuit board design in a smaller footprint. Miniaturization is key as all board space must be optimized to achieve highly robust functionality in space constrained operations. The result of this collaboration is a solution that speeds up the algorithmic calculations required to execute AI.
