A group of scientists from at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Stony Brook University (SBU), and the Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at SUNY Polytechnic Institute claim to have developed a method for creating resilient, customised, and high-performing graphene: layering it on top of common glass....

Researchers from the Optical Networks Group at University College London (UCL) claim to have set a record for the fastest ever data rate for digital information. The group achieved a rate of 1.125Tbit/s as part of research on the capacity limits of optical transmission systems, designed to address the growing demand for fast data rates.Lead res...

Physicists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) claim to have developed a nanowire lasers grown on a silicon chip, making it possible to produce high-performance photonic components cost-effectively. The scientists say that this will pave the way for fast and efficient data processing with light in the future.The miniaturisation of elect...

Researchers at Berkeley Labs in the US say that nanowires with diameters as small as 200nm can be tuned to a range of light including visible green and blue wavelengths. The team believes the breakthrough, which supports the emission of bright and stable laser light is ‘promising’ for optoelectronics. Nanoscale lasers could bring optica...

Qualcomm Technologies has launched three Snapdragon processors targeted at LTE applications. According to the company, the Snapdragon 625, 435 and 425 are designed to deliver ‘premium tier user experiences’ to smartphones.Snapdragon 625 is the first in its class to use 14nm FinFET technology.This brings a reduction in power consumpt...

Lattice Semiconductor has expanded its ECP5 range of low power, small form factor connectivity and acceleration FPGAs.The additions are said to be pin compatible with ECP5 FPGAs and enable OEMs to update their designs to meet evolving interface requirements in the industrial, communications and consumer markets.“Our ECP5 FPGA family has p...

Panasonic, Hiroshima University and the Japanese National Institute of Information and Communications Technology claim to have developed a terahertz (THz) transmitter capable of signal transmission at a per-channel data rate of over 10Gbit/s over multiple channels at around 300GHz, with the aggregate multi-channel data rate said to exceed 100Gbit/s...

Innovate UK has formed a UK based collaboration to develop sensing technologies for the real time monitoring of machined metal parts. The ‘Intelligent Tooling’ project is developing embedded sensors and electronic components within high value machining applications in manufacturing sectors including aerospace, rail, automotive, marine a...

Lindsley Ruth, appointed chief executive of Electrocomponents in April 2015, says he is in the early stages of a ‘cultural transformation’ at RS Components.“We’re working to build the electronics business,” he said, “but need to implement such things as batch traceability.” Two ‘hidden gems’...

A team from Abaco Systems’ Towcester facility has won the overall prize in Mentor Graphics’ Technology Leadership Awards. The awards scheme recognises innovative solutions to system design challenges.The Abaco team designed a 3U VPX single board computer on a short timescale, whilst dealing with significant challenges, including the...