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.
GrAI Matter Labs Raises $14M to Bring Fastest AI per Watt to Every Device on the Edge
GrAI Matter Labs, a pioneer of brain inspired ultra-low latency computing, today announced its latest financing round of $14 million. The round was led by iBionext, joined by all existing investors and newly welcomed Bpifrance through the Future Investment Program and Celeste Management.
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.
Direct Visualization of Quantum Dots Reveals Shape of Quantum Wave Function
Trapping and controlling electrons in bilayer graphene quantum dots yields a promising platform for quantum information technologies. Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have now achieved the first direct visualization of quantum dots in bilayer graphene, revealing the shape of the quantum wave function of the trapped electrons.
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.
