Climate change puts global semiconductor manufacturing at risk. Can the industry cope?
Semiconductors are the basic building blocks of microchips. These technological marvels are in everything from lightbulbs and toothbrushes to cars, trains and planes, not to mention the vast array of electronics that have ...
Mar 27, 2024
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Taming the beast: Researcher controls voltage response for safer electric grid
When FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Professor Fang Peng was a boy, he saw the power and peril of electricity firsthand. He was in middle school when his remote Chinese hometown first received electric service. His family ...
Mar 26, 2024
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Semiconductors at scale: New processor achieves remarkable speedup in problem solving
Annealing processors are designed specifically for addressing combinatorial optimization problems, where the task is to find the best solution from a finite set of possibilities. This holds implications for practical applications ...
Mar 25, 2024
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A high efficiency LED based on copper–iodide clusters
A team led by Prof. Yao Hongbin from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) developed a high efficiency, high brightness warm white light-emitting diode (LED) based on copper-iodide cluster hybrids. Their ...
Mar 25, 2024
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A new dawn for flexible electronics: Eliminating energy waste
Researchers have unveiled an innovative approach to create flexible organic integrated circuits (ICs) devoid of parasitic capacitance. This advancement heralds a substantial enhancement in the dynamic performance and operating ...
Mar 25, 2024
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A retrodirective array enabled by CMOS chips for two-way wireless communication with automatic beam tracking
Beam directive communication at millimeter-wave and even higher frequencies is of significant global interest. By leveraging advanced array technologies, electromagnetic waves can be focused in specific directions for millimeter-wave ...
Mar 25, 2024
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Researchers create skyrmion-based memory technology for extremely low-power devices
A research team led by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) in partnership with National University of Singapore (NUS) has created an innovative microelectronic device that can potentially function as ...
Mar 22, 2024
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New structure transistors for advanced technology node CMOS ICs
A review published in the journal National Science Review summarizes the research of a team led by Prof. Huaxiang Yin (Institute of Microelectronics of Chinese Academy of Sciences). They systemically reviewed the development ...
Mar 22, 2024
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Biden unveils almost $20 bn for Intel to boost US chip production
US President Joe Biden unveiled almost $20 billion in grants and loans Wednesday for Intel's domestic chip-making plants—his administration's biggest investment yet in the sector as he takes on China's chip dominance and ...
Mar 21, 2024
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Tiny magnetic implants enable wireless health monitoring when paired with wearable device
In a study published in the journal Science Advances, researchers from Peking University have unveiled a miniaturized implantable sensor capable of health monitoring without the need of transcutaneous wires, integrated circuit ...
Mar 20, 2024
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