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MEMS
An Edible Toothpaste-Based Transistor
A toothpaste-based transistor is the latest innovation from the research team at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) in Milan, which pushes the boundaries of edible electronics.

Critical Manufacturing Welcomes Jeff Winter as Head of Business Strategy
Critical Manufacturing announced the appointment of Jeff Winter as VP of Business Strategy.
Silicon Creations Awarded TSMC’s 2024 Open Innovation Platform Partner of the Year for Mixed Signal IP
Silicon Creations announced that it has been named a 2024 TSMC Open Innovation Platform (OIP) Partner of the Year for Mixed Signal IP.
Renesas Leads ADAS Innovation with Power-Efficient 4th-Generation R-Car Automotive SoCs
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today expanded its popular R-Car Family of system-on-chips (SoCs) for entry-level Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS).
Samsung Electronics Develops Industry’s First Automotive SSD Based on 8th-Generation V-NAND
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced it has successfully developed the industry’s first PCIe 4.0 automotive SSD based on eighth-generation vertical NAND (V-NAND)
A New Ventilator-on-a-Chip Model to Study Lung Damage
In a new study, using a ventilator-on-a-chip model developed at The Ohio State University, researchers found that shear stress from the collapse and reopening of the air sacs is the most injurious type of damage.
The MMEC Receives Microelectronics Commons Project Awards
The Midwest Microelectronics Consortium (MMEC) announced the award of five technology development projects through Microelectronics Commons
Syntiant to Acquire Knowles’ Consumer MEMS Microphone Division
Syntiant Corp. today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of Knowles Corporation’s (NYSE: KN) Consumer MEMS Microphones (CMM) business.
NORDTECH R&D Projects Selected to Receive $30M in Federal Awards from U.S. Department of Defense
These projects are set to receive a total of more than $30 million in the technical areas of quantum and commercial leap ahead technologies.