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Taiwan chip giant TSMC says 2024 revenue rose 33.9%
Taiwanese chip making giant TSMC said Friday its net sales rose by more than a third last year, beating its own forecast, as the company continued to benefit from soaring demand for AI technology.
Jan 10, 2025
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Elimination of newly discovered loss mechanism enhances organic solar cell efficiency and stability
Researchers at Åbo Akademi University in Finland have identified and eliminated a previously unknown loss mechanism in organic solar cells that makes them more efficient and gives them a longer lifetime. The results provide ...
Jan 9, 2025
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Flexible electronics integrated with paper-thin structure for use in space
Being lightweight is essential for space structures, particularly for tools used on already small, lightweight satellites. The ability to perform multiple functions is a bonus. To address these characteristics in a new way, ...
Jan 9, 2025
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Biden to further limit Nvidia AI chip exports in final push
President Joe Biden's administration plans one additional round of restrictions on the export of artificial intelligence chips from the likes of Nvidia Corp. just days before leaving office, a final push in his effort to ...
Jan 9, 2025
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Electrohydraulic wearable devices create unprecedented haptic sensations
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems have invented compact wearable devices that deliver rich, expressive, and pleasant tactile sensations that go far beyond the buzzing vibrations of today's consumer ...
Jan 8, 2025
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Engineers create photonic switch that overcomes routing size–speed tradeoffs
Every second, terabytes of data—the equivalent of downloading thousands upon thousands of movies at once—travel around the world as light in fiber-optic cables, like so many cars packed onto a super-fast highway. When ...
Jan 7, 2025
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Internet
Beyond 5G: New optical modulator can operate at 10 times the speed of current devices
Kyushu University researchers have successfully developed an ultra-high-speed optical modulator that can operate at more than 10 times the speed of current devices. This modulator was made thanks to a new method the team ...
Jan 7, 2025
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AI unveils strange chip designs, while discovering new functionalities
Specialized microchips that manage signals at the cutting edge of wireless technology are astounding works of miniaturization and engineering. They're also difficult and expensive to design.
Jan 6, 2025
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Robotics
Scientists develop technology to control cyborg insect swarms
Scientists have developed an advanced swarm navigation algorithm for cyborg insects that prevents them from becoming stuck while navigating challenging terrain.
Jan 6, 2025
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High-performance cerium oxide thermal switches improve heat flow control
Thermal switches, which electrically control heat transfer, are essential for the advancement of sophisticated thermal management systems. Historically, electrochemical thermal switches have been constrained by suboptimal ...
Jan 2, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Sustainable e-textiles: Biodegradable wearables can monitor health and reduce waste
A research team led by the University of Southampton and UWE Bristol has shown wearable electronic textiles (e-textiles) can be both sustainable and biodegradable.
Jan 2, 2025
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Robotics
Scientists uncover advanced manufacturing strategies for piezoelectric and triboelectric tactile sensors
Piezoelectric and triboelectric tactile sensors are designed to convert mechanical stimuli into electrical signals, making them critical components in intelligent systems. Piezoelectric sensors leverage voltage generation ...
Jan 2, 2025
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Engineering
Color shifts at nanoscale: Researchers develop real-time visualization system to observe stretchable technology
A research team at POSTECH has developed a breakthrough technology that analyzes in real-time the deformation of "serpentine" structures, a critical component of stretchable technology, and visualizes the process through ...
Dec 24, 2024
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Business
US probes China chip industry on 'anticompetitive' concerns
The United States said Monday it is opening an investigation into China's policies for its semiconductor industry, over concerns that Beijing is turning to "extensive anticompetitive and non-market means" to undermine other ...
Dec 23, 2024
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US confirms billions in chips funds to Samsung, Texas Instruments
President Joe Biden's administration said Friday that it has cemented deals for billions in funding to South Korean semiconductor giant Samsung Electronics and Texas Instruments to boost their chipmaking facilities in the ...
Dec 20, 2024
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Engineering
New method enables mass production of flexible diamond membranes
A research team has developed a method for massively producing ultrathin and ultra-flexible diamond membranes.
Dec 19, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
SK hynix to get $458 mn funding for US chip facilities
President Joe Biden's administration has finalized an award of up to $458 million for SK hynix, officials said Thursday, furthering efforts to lock in his legacy in boosting US semiconductor production before Donald Trump ...
Dec 19, 2024
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Hardware
Engineers grow 'high-rise' 3D chips, enabling more efficient AI hardware
The electronics industry is approaching a limit to the number of transistors that can be packed onto the surface of a computer chip. So, chip manufacturers are looking to build up rather than out.
Dec 18, 2024
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Shares in Japan chipmaker Kioxia jump 10% on Tokyo debut
Shares in Japanese chipmaker Kioxia closed 10 percent higher in Tokyo on Wednesday after an initial public offering that valued the firm at more than $5 billion.
Dec 18, 2024
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Wearable energy harvester achieves 280 times efficiency boost
A team led by Prof. Jang Kyung-In from the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering (DGIST) has developed a three-dimensional stretchable piezoelectric energy harvester that can harvest electrical energy using ...
Dec 16, 2024
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Theorists propose new approach to electroluminescent cooling that works like inverted solar photovoltaic cells
In a study appearing in PRX Energy, researchers propose a way to improve the performance of electroluminescent cooling by using multilayer semiconductors. The approach, called a multijunction configuration, is already used ...
Dec 16, 2024
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Engineering
Thin-film innovation promises tougher electronic devices
A research team has developed a next-generation thin-film material technology that significantly improves the durability of energy and electronic devices. This technology, which combines organic and inorganic materials in ...
Dec 10, 2024
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US firms up $6.2 bn Micron funding to boost chipmaking
US President Joe Biden's administration finalized nearly $6.2 billion in funding for Micron Technology on Tuesday, firming up a deal to boost domestic semiconductor production before Donald Trump returns to the White House.
Dec 10, 2024
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By tweaking materials, scientists create transistors that remember
A team of Johns Hopkins materials scientists made a surprising discovery that could change the way memory works in electronics. By tweaking the materials used in organic material-based logic switches called transistors, they ...
Dec 9, 2024
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Battery-like computer memory keeps working above 1,000°F
Computer memory could one day withstand the blazing temperatures in fusion reactors, jet engines, geothermal wells and sweltering planets using a new solid-state memory device developed by a team of engineers led by the University ...
Dec 9, 2024
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