Electronics & Semiconductors news
Software
Improving touch screens with AI
ETH Computer scientists have developed a new AI solution that enables touchscreens to sense with eight times higher resolution than current devices. Thanks to AI, their solution can infer much more precisely where fingers ...
May 14, 2021
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Engineering
New design for isolated power supply chip
Recently, a research group led by Prof. Cheng Lin from School of Microelectronics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made achievements in the field of fully integrated ...
May 13, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
New tech coalition seeks US aid to respond to chip shortage
A newly formed coalition of technology firms called Tuesday for $50 billion in US government aid to boost incentives for domestic semiconductor manufacturing in the face of a deepening chip shortage.
May 11, 2021
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Robotics
Researchers create AiFoam for robots to interact intelligently with their surroundings
Robots and machines are getting smarter with the advancement of artificial intelligence, but they still lack the ability to touch and feel their subtle and complex surroundings like human beings. Now, researchers from the ...
May 10, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Light meets superconducting circuits
In the last few years, several technology companies including Google, Microsoft, and IBM, have massively invested in quantum computing systems based on microwave superconducting circuit platforms in an effort to scale them ...
May 10, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A stretchable and suturable fiber sensor to monitor biomechanical tissue strain
Implantable electronics are among the most promising healthcare technologies, as they can help to remotely monitor specific biological processes associated with a patient's health. While researchers have developed a variety ...
May 07, 2021 feature
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Electronics & Semiconductors
IBM unveils world's first 2 nanometer chip technology, opening a new frontier for semiconductors
IBM has unveiled a breakthrough in semiconductor design and process with the development of the world's first chip with 2 nanometer (nm) nanosheet technology. Semiconductors play critical roles in everything from computing, ...
May 07, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
An on-skin device to measure sweat—rate, loss and temperature—in real-time
Monitoring sweat-related dynamics, such as sweat rate, cumulative sweat loss and sweat temperature over time could help doctors to diagnose thermoregulatory disorders and other illnesses related to heat stress. However, there ...
May 06, 2021 feature
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US pressing Taiwanese firms on semiconductors, Commerce chief says
The United States is pressuring Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturers to allocate some of their supply to American automakers grappling with a shortage of the crucial components, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Tuesday.
May 04, 2021
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Team develops stable, efficient, anode-free sodium battery
When it comes to batteries, lithium-ion are the best we have as far as energy density and convenience.
May 03, 2021
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Business
Intel: $3.5B investment is critical to microchip future
Intel will be investing $3.5 billion in its New Mexico plant to manufacture what executives said Monday will fuel "a new era of innovation" and advanced computing as demands increase for the tiny microchips used in nearly ...
May 03, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Exploring extremes: When is it too hot to handle?
Exploring extreme environments can put significant operational challenges on the engineering systems we depend upon to safely explore and at times operate within.
Apr 29, 2021
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Plastic electronics: Ushering in the next generation of technology
From cat's-whisker detectors in the early 1900s to electronic circuit chips in modern-day mobile phones, electronic devices have been modified in myriad creative ways to adapt to the needs of humankind. Apart from increasing ...
Apr 26, 2021
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