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.
Semiconductors
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.
World’s Smallest Atom-Memory Unit Created
Faster, smaller, smarter and more energy-efficient chips for everything from consumer electronics to big data to brain-inspired computing could soon be on the way after engineers at The University of Texas at Austin created the smallest memory device yet.
Porotech Launches Groundbreaking Micro-LED Product
University of Cambridge spin-out Porotech has today announced the launch of its first product based on its breakthrough gallium nitride (GaN) production technique that is set to transform the electronics industry. The company has launched the world’s first commercial native red LED epiwafer for micro-LED applications.
Qorvo CEO Bob Bruggeworth Elected Chair of Semiconductor Industry Association
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) Board of Directors today elected Bob Bruggeworth, President, CEO, and Director of Qorvo, as its 2021 Chair and Steve Mollenkopf, CEO and Director of Qualcomm Incorporated, as its 2021 Vice Chair.
Keysight Collaborates With NTU Singapore on Hybrid Vehicle to Everything Communications
Keysight Technologies, Inc. announced a collaboration with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) to develop a transceiver test bench for a hybrid vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication system.
Perfect Imperfection: Electrode Defects Boost Resistive Memory Efficiency
Resistive switching memory devices offer several advantages over the currently used computer memory technology. Researchers from the MIPT Atomic Layer Deposition Lab have joined forces with colleagues from Korea to study the impact of electrode surface morphology on the properties of a resistive switching memory cell.
Amid COVID-19 and Trade War, China Continues to Advance Its Semiconductor Memory Industry
Amid escalating trade tensions with the West, the process of building a self-sufficient semiconductor ecosystem in China has strongly accelerated. Chinese players are starting to threaten the market’s equilibrium and could trigger profound changes in the memory business.
A View on the Logic Technology Roadmap
While chipmakers are moving ahead with technology generations, maintaining the same timeline for scaling transistors in the front-end-of-line (FEOL), contacts and interconnects in the middle- (MOL) and back-end-of-line (BEOL) has become challenging.
Advanced Analysis Software Maximizes OmniScan Users’ Weld Analysis Capabilities
Olympus’ release of its WeldSight companion PC software for the OmniScan X3 phased array flaw detector provides inspectors with powerful tools to push the boundaries of flaw characterization and sizing.
