https://techxplore.com/rss-feed/semiconductors-news/ en-us The latest news on electronics and semiconductor technology developments Silicon is an essential element for creating semiconductors, the building blocks of all modern computing technologies. However, as devices continue to shrink, engineers are approaching the limits of what silicon can achieve. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-generation-semiconductor-materials-layer.html Electronics & Semiconductors Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:00:05 EDT news701946012 A digital lithography system capable of continuously patterning flexible substrates has been developed. The system integrates maskless digital lithography with roll-to-roll (R2R) manufacturing, allowing patterns to be generated without conventional photomasks. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-enabling-mass-production-flexible-electronic.html Electronics & Semiconductors Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:40:10 EDT news701954521 In the race between the U.S. and China to develop artificial intelligence, the battle over hardware and computing power is heating up as Chinese companies like Huawei overtake global industry leaders like Nvidia in their home market. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-nvidia-ai-chip-sales-china.html Electronics & Semiconductors Mon, 29 Jun 2026 04:30:01 EDT news701924848 Huge demand for the components that power artificial intelligence presents South Korea with an opportunity to bolster its chip industry against rivals such as China, analysts say. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-opportunity-south-korea-big-ai.html Business Mon, 29 Jun 2026 04:05:42 EDT news701924704 The result on his computer screen looked impossible. Late one night in 2009, Nate Orloff was alone in a laboratory, analyzing measurements from a set of experimental thin films sent to him by Darrell Schlom, the Tisch University Professor in Cornell University's Department of Materials Science and Engineering. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-impossible-loss-tunable-dielectric-microwave.html Electronics & Semiconductors Sun, 28 Jun 2026 10:20:01 EDT news701698635 Transistors, small semiconductor-based switches that control the flow of electricity, are central components of all electronic devices, from computers to smartphones, wearables, sensors and smart appliances. Over the past decades, electronics engineers have been continuously working to boost the speed and performance of transistors while also reducing their size. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-dog-bone-2d-nanoribbon-transistors.html Electronics & Semiconductors Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:30:01 EDT news701690507 For the first time, a research team has demonstrated an artificial intelligence semiconductor technology that integrates the core functions of generative AI into a single device platform based on ferroelectric memory. This technology is significant as the first demonstration of implementing the two essential functions required for generative AI—random sampling and stable computation—within a single memory array. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ferroelectric-memory-enables-chip-sample.html Electronics & Semiconductors Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:00:12 EDT news701620589 IBM unveiled new semiconductor technology Thursday that the company says could deliver computer chips with 50% better performance while dramatically lowering power consumption. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ibm-unveils-nanometer-chip-tech.html Electronics & Semiconductors Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:24:42 EDT news701605310 American memory chip manufacturer Micron Technology on Wednesday reported record quarterly results, driven by demand from data centers dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI). https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ai-fueled-demand-boosts-chip.html Electronics & Semiconductors Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:30:01 EDT news701579915 A supercomputer in China now outranks its U.S. counterparts as the world's most powerful, marking the first time since 2017 that a Chinese computer has topped a list sometimes viewed as a measure of a nation's technological prowess. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-chinese-supercomputer-displaces-machines-world.html Hardware Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:00:02 EDT news701491743 Korean researchers have secured flexible electronic skin technology that can be fabricated directly in the field. This achievement has increased the feasibility of commercializing electronic skin for use in various fields, including robots and wearable devices. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-onsite-fabrication-large-area-electronic.html Engineering Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:00:08 EDT news701445302 The human brain actively keeps "learning" in balance by holding on to what matters and letting go of what does not. Researchers in Korea have now reproduced this ability in a semiconductor device, using the color of light to strengthen (remember) or weaken (forget) an artificial synapse's memory. Remarkably, the key ingredient is a material "defect" that engineers usually try to eliminate. The study appears in Nature Communications. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-artificial-synapse-brain.html Electronics & Semiconductors Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:20:01 EDT news701088901 A tandem neural network capable of inferring key physical parameters of semiconductor materials from simple transistor measurements has been developed, as reported by researchers from the Institute of Science, Tokyo. While conventional approaches for this type of analysis require hours or even days, the proposed system produces results in under 1 millisecond with near-perfect accuracy. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ai-hidden-semiconductor-properties-simple.html Electronics & Semiconductors Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:20:08 EDT news701011857 From data centers powering next-generation AI to vital medical technology, cars, and the mobile device or computer you're probably reading this on, semiconductor-based computer chips are essential to modern life. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-redesigned-high-na-lithography-optical.html Engineering Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:00:11 EDT news700908301 The global semiconductor market is approaching US$1 trillion in annual sales, driven by growing demand for faster computers, smarter AI systems and more powerful electronic devices. Singapore, which produces one in 10 of the world's chips, has a direct stake in sustaining that trajectory. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-atom-thin-coating-tackles-key.html Electronics & Semiconductors Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:40:01 EDT news700903381 Inside computer chips are billions of tiny transistors made from silicon. But the material is approaching its limits. In an effort to build smaller, more capable devices, researchers are exploring how they might build transistors with other materials alongside silicon, including a class of extremely thin materials called transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD). One of the leading TMD candidates is a material called molybdenum disulfide. It is only three atoms thick: one layer of molybdenum sandwiched between two layers of sulfur. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-simple-coating-generation-chip-transistors.html Engineering Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:20:06 EDT news700833721 AI data centers are power-hungry. Not only do artificial intelligence computations consume enormous amounts of electricity, but a significant amount of energy is also required to cool the semiconductor chips that heat up during operation. As AI chips continue to deliver higher performance, the amount of heat they generate increases rapidly. As a result, conventional air cooling and external copper heat spreaders are approaching their practical limits. To address this challenge, a KAIST research team has developed an ultra-high-efficiency liquid-cooling technology that cools semiconductor chips from within. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-liquid-cooling-technology-semiconductor-chips.html Electronics & Semiconductors Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:30:03 EDT news700762501 A tiny new chip could give cameras and sensing systems a far sharper view of the world, helping them detect subtle differences in materials and environments that standard color imaging systems cannot see. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-tiny-chip-cameras-hidden.html Electronics & Semiconductors Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:00:01 EDT news700757581 The world's power grid is straining under the surge in electricity demand from data centers, electric vehicles and renewable energy. And a century-old technology, the power transformer, must support this dramatic increase. A particularly weak link in this is the potential for insulation breakdown, the most frequent indicator of power transformer failures. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-nanoengineered-wood-insulation.html Electronics & Semiconductors Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:40:06 EDT news700740673 Seoul National University College of Engineering announced that a research team led by Prof. Yongtaek Hong from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has developed a high-performance transparent organic light-emitting diode (OLED) incorporating highly conductive transparent metal mesh top electrodes fabricated using a selective metal deposition technique. The research was published in the journal Materials Horizons and was selected as the outside front cover image for the issue. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-transparent-oled-advance-ar-displays.html Electronics & Semiconductors Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:20:03 EDT news700488421 A joint research team has experimentally observed ballistic transport in single-crystalline copper thin films, demonstrating that ballistic transport is achievable in an industry-standard metal at interconnect-relevant dimensions. The study, titled "Ballistic transport in nanodevices based on single-crystalline Cu thin films," was published in Nature Communications. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-copper-thin-reveal-ballistic-electron.html Electronics & Semiconductors Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:40:01 EDT news700486587 If you shop on Google Flights, you get a quick comparison of different itineraries: One flight's carbon emissions may be average, while another's are 14% higher. But if you go shopping for a new laptop, you likely won't find quick, comprehensible information on different models' sustainability bona fides, despite the notable environmental impacts of producing and discarding electronics. In part, that's because understanding a device's emissions is difficult and time-consuming, even for experts. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-buying-laptop-instant-carbon-ai.html Electronics & Semiconductors Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:40:01 EDT news700464513 Transistors, small devices that can amplify or switch electrical signals, are central components of all modern computer chips and digital devices. There are two main types of transistors, known as n-type and p-type transistors. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-monolayer-wse-high-p-transistors.html Electronics & Semiconductors Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:07:44 EDT news700225592 Seoul National University researchers have developed an ultra-low-voltage electrochemical organic light-emitting transistor that can simultaneously perform signal processing, memory and light emission within a single semiconductor device. By introducing an ion-transport enhancer into the light-emitting polymer semiconductor channel, the team enabled electric-double-layer formation at the drain electrode interface, allowing efficient electron injection without relying on the high voltages or unstable n-type doping used in conventional approaches. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-transistor-memory-emission.html Electronics & Semiconductors Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:00:05 EDT news700156561 The rapid advancement and diffusion of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, such as the machine learning models underpinning the functioning of ChatGPT, Gemini and similar platforms, have posed new demands on the electronics engineering industry. In fact, these systems are computationally intensive and consume substantial power, particularly when running on existing devices. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ultra-thin-mos-transistors-chip.html Hardware Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:20:08 EDT news700135828 The silicon that forms the foundation of most computer chips has fundamental limits to how much power it can manage, which constrains the speed and energy-efficiency of wireless communication systems. A promising solution is to build future wireless electronics out of transistors made from gallium nitride, an advanced material that can handle the speed and energy required for demanding wireless applications like 6G and satellite communications. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ultrathin-diamond-layer-boosts-high.html Electronics & Semiconductors Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:40:01 EDT news700129382 US chip titan Nvidia on Monday announced a large-scale data center construction project in South Korea with SK Telecom, among a raft of other business deals in the country. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-nvidia-unveils-ai-infrastructure-south.html Electronics & Semiconductors Mon, 08 Jun 2026 05:40:02 EDT news700114488 Less than two decades after smartphones fit into the palm of our hands, artificial intelligence is now running on devices worn on our wrists. The challenge is that while devices continue to shrink, the amount of data they must process and the number of functions they must perform are growing exponentially. A research team at POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) has found a promising way to address this contradiction. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-semiconductors-multi-tasking-era-device.html Electronics & Semiconductors Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:40:03 EDT news699875022 The ability to develop extremely thin semiconductors is key to advancing the fields of electronics and computing. But so far, there's been a trade-off between the quality of these semiconductors and the ability to make them at industrial scale. Prof. Cong Su and his research team have found a solution that combines the best aspects of two methods to make high-quality materials at scale. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-generation-extremely-thin-semiconductors.html Electronics & Semiconductors Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:20:02 EDT news699710402 From laptops designed for the artificial intelligence era to advances in robotics and sky-high tech shares, here are five hot topics at Taipei's huge Computex trade show: https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-robots-strain-hot-topics-computex.html Consumer & Gadgets Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:20:01 EDT news699688087