Researchers have discovered a new electronic property at the frontier between the thermal and quantum sciences in a specially engineered metal alloy – and in the process identified a promising material for future devices that could turn heat on and off with the application of a magnetic “switch.”
Strategy Analytics: Trade War and Shortages Fuel China’s Semiconductor Self-Sufficiency
According to Strategy Analytics, sanctions and the semiconductor shortage have accelerated investment by China’s government in semiconductors, and the country has a good chance of attaining semiconductor self-sufficiency quickly, as detailed in the report China Well Positioned to Attain Semiconductor Self-Sufficiency.
Entegris Expands Life Sciences Production Capacity and Capabilities
Entegris, Inc., a supplier of advanced materials and process solutions for the semiconductor and other high-technology industries, today announced the expansion of its Life Sciences manufacturing facilities located in Billerica, MA; Bloomington, MN; and Logan, UT.
Bosch Opens Wafer Fab of the Future in Dresden
Fully connected, data-driven, self-optimizing: in Dresden, Bosch is opening one of the world’s most modern wafer fabs.
A Collaborative Approach for Automotive Electronics
Collaboration along the supply chain, focused on common issues that emerge out of the dynamic electronics market and changing automotive ecosystem, will identify and drive improvements in the interest of the whole supply chain.
Texas Instruments Continues As World’s Top Analog IC Supplier
Skyworks Solutions posts strongest sales increase in 2020 as the top-10 suppliers collectively accounted for 62% of total analog sales.
SmartDV Announces Support for ARINC Standards with Design and Verification IP
SmartDV Technologies today announced support of the ARINC standards with its Design and Verification IP.
The Biodegradable Battery
The fabrication device for the battery revolution looks quite unconspicuous: it is a modified, commercially available 3D printer, located in a room in the Empa laboratory building. But the real innovation lies within the recipe for the gelatinous inks this printer can dispense onto a surface.
IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting Announces 2021 Call for Papers
Under the theme “Devices for a New Era of Electronics: From 2D Materials to 3D Architectures,” the 67th annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) has issued a Call for Papers seeking the world’s best original work in all areas of microelectronics research and development.
Imec Joins Forces With Sivers Photonics and ASM AMICRA
imec, together with Sivers Photonics and ASM AMICRA Microtechnologies, announced the successful wafer-scale integration of indium-phosphide (InP) distributed feedback (DFB) lasers from Sivers’ InP100 platform onto imec’s silicon photonics platform (iSiPP).
