Archive : 2015 год

IBM Research, in association with Globalfoundries and Samsung at SUNY Polytechnic Institute's Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (SUNY Poly CNSE), has produced the first 7nm test chips with functioning transistors. The achievement is a product of IBM's $3billion five-year investment in R&D, announced in 2014.With progress...

Building on their previous collaborations, STMicroelectronics and the French Institute of Materials, Microelectronics and Nanosciences have announced the launch of a joint research laboratory to develop the next generations of high-reliability, ultra miniature electronic components.Called the Radiation Effects and Electrical Reliability (REER)...

Peratech has announced that its Quantum Tunnelling Composite (QTC) pressure-sensitive sensors have been incorporated into Flitchio, a smartphone case with built-in game controller. QTC is a screen printable polymer which changes its electrical resistance with applied force.Instead of having control interfaces on the screen that obscure the scre...

Avnet Abacus has signed a pan European distribution agreement with Taiwan-based MechaTronix, a developer of LED cooling solutions.According to Abacus, thermal management is now a critical factor within LED fixtures and MechaTronix' range of LED coolers can provide passive or active heat dissipation for LEDs rated at up to 8000 lumen.Ala...

Motion tracking technology specialist Xsens has released a series of self-contained 3D motion tracking modules for high volume industrial and 'prosumer' applications. The parts are said to be suitable for use in attitude and heading reference systems, vertical reference units and inertial measurement unitsThe MTi 1-series is said to fea...

Silica has signed a distribution agreement with Nordic Semiconductor. The agreement authorises Silica to sell and support the full range of ultra low power wireless solutions available from Nordic across Europe."We are excited to be partnering with Silica for our distribution across Europe. The technical and sales support they will offer o...

Sales of semiconductors will reach $348billion in 2015, according to Gartner. While this represents a 2.2% increase over 2014, the market researcher has cut its previous forecast of 4% growth due to what it calls 'softness in key electronic segments'."The outlook for the major applications that drive the semiconductor market, inclu...

Revenues for EDA products and services grew by 7.5% in Q1 2015 to $1.877billion, compared to $1.746bn in Q1 2014. And, according to the EDA Consortium, the moving average – which compares the most recent four quarters to the prior four quarters – increased by 8%."The EDA Industry continues to show solid revenue growth in the fi...

Researchers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) claim to have developed a wireless-power transfer (WPT) system that allows mobile devices to be charged at any location and in any direction, even if the devices are away from the power source, just as Wi-Fi works for Internet connections.Team leader, Professor Chun Rim o...

European semiconductor sales reached $2.873billion in May 2015, according to the European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA).The figures are said to show that, while the European semiconductor market remained essentially at the same level as the previous month, there was increased demand in key application sectors. In particular, sales o...