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Engineering

Simple heating step boosts pressure sensitivity in semiconductor materials eightfold

Stronger cell phone signals, more accurate sensors and cleaner energy may be achieved by adding a simple step to the industrial fabrication process of certain semiconductor materials, documented in a recent study led by engineering ...

Electronics & Semiconductors

China blasts new US rule banning use of Huawei's Ascend advanced computer chips

China has blasted a new U.S. rule against use of Ascend computer chips made by Huawei Technologies anywhere in the world, chafing Thursday against the limitations of a temporary truce in the trade war between the two biggest ...

Electronics & Semiconductors

New technology promises to make display screens cheaper, brighter and more environmentally friendly

A radical new approach to display screen technology could halve production costs, reduce harmful waste, and deliver brighter, more energy-efficient screens for our smartphones, smartwatches, and even certain medical devices, ...

Electronics & Semiconductors

Improving the performance of Cu₂SrSnS₄ solar cells with inorganic hole transport layers

Thin film solar cells such as CdTe and CIGSe have gained significant attention due to their low production cost and excellent power conversion efficiencies (PCE). Nevertheless, toxicity and scarcity of constituent elements ...

Business

How China's chip strategy may outsmart Trump's tariff trap

As Donald Trump threatens a second wave of 'reciprocal tariffs'—not just on China, but on Southeast Asian countries allegedly helping Beijing dodge US sanctions—a new chapter in the global chip war is unfolding.

Business

Trump to rescind chip curbs after debate over AI rules

The Trump administration plans to rescind Biden-era AI chip curbs as part of a broader effort to revise semiconductor trade restrictions that have drawn strong opposition from major tech companies and foreign governments, ...

Hardware

New chip tests cooling solutions for stacked microelectronics

As demand grows for more powerful and efficient microelectronics systems, industry is turning to 3D integration—stacking chips on top of each other. This vertically layered architecture could allow high-performance processors, ...

Electronics & Semiconductors

EU 'off the pace' in global microchip race: Auditors

The EU is lagging behind in the global race to produce microchips, and looks set to fall well short of its target to claim a fifth of the world's market, the bloc's auditors said Monday.