Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed an optical computing framework that performs large-scale nonlinear computations using linear materials.
Diagnostic testing is big business. The global market for testing semiconductors for defects is estimated at $39 billion in 2025. For medical lab tests, the market is even bigger: $125 billion.
Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA – which designs and makes lightweight, flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) panels that can be integrated into consumer products, off-grid...
Sivers Semiconductors AB of Kista, Sweden (which supplies RF beam-former ICs for SATCOMs and photonic lasers for AI data centers) has announced additional details on the strategic partnership with POET Technologies Inc of Toronto,...
Boise State University has been selected for a $1.5m Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) award, which will expand its defense-relevant research infrastructure and advance innovation in materials...
BluGlass Ltd of Silverwater, Australia — which develops and manufactures gallium nitride (GaN) blue laser diodes based on its proprietary low-temperature, low-hydrogen remote-plasma chemical vapor deposition (RPCVD) technology — has...
Researchers have developed an ultra-thin 3D display with a wide viewing angle, clear image quality and vivid display depth. By overcoming tradeoffs that typically limit glasses-free 3D displays, the advance could open new possibilities...
Researchers have managed to modify a class of proteins to give them the ability to transport and store electricity. These proteins can be used to create sustainable, efficient and biocompatible conducting materials. These materials are...
Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany and smart energy technology firm SolarEdge Technologies Inc of Milpitas, CA, USA are collaborating to advance SolarEdge’s solid-state transformer (SST) platform for next-generation AI and...
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has received an order for a Propel300 metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system from a “major power semiconductor integrated device...
Electronics have been transforming from rigid, lifeless systems into adaptive, living platforms capable of seamlessly interacting with biological environments. Researchers at Binghamton University are pioneering "living metal" composites...
Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA — which makes enhancement-mode gallium nitride on silicon (eGaN) power field-effect transistors (FETs) and integrated circuits for power management applications — has launched...
A research team led by the School of Engineering of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has made significant advances in quantum rod light-emitting diodes (QR-LEDs), setting record-high efficiency level for red...
MACOM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which designs and makes RF, microwave, analog and mixed-signal and optical semiconductor technologies) has entered into an agreement to license and manufacture the proprietary 40nm T3L...
After years of trying, the electronic nose is finally making major progress in sensing smells, almost as well as its human counterpart. That is the conclusion of a scientific review into the development of neuromorphic olfactory...
US tech giant Nvidia and Deutsche Telekom said Tuesday a one-billion-euro ($1.1 billion) industrial artificial intelligence hub will soon be launched in Germany, Europe's latest bid to catch up in the global AI race.
SuperLight Photonics of Enschede, the Netherlands — a spin-off from the University of Twente that is developing a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) wideband laser light source for measurement and detection applications — has launched the...
Voyant Photonics of Long Island City, NY, USA — a pioneer in on-chip frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) light detection & ranging (LiDAR) — has appointed Clément Nouvel as chief executive officer. He joins at a pivotal stage as...
III–V Epi Ltd of Glasgow, Scotland, UK — which provides a molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) service for custom compound semiconductor wafer design, manufacturing, test and characterization —...
Micro-LED technology firm VueReal Inc of Waterloo, ON, Canada is expanding its presence in China after appointing international business development consultancy Intralink...
In an effort to create simpler next-generation lighting solutions, researchers from the University of Turku in Finland have developed a color-tunable white OLED. It is a top light-emitting device that produces white light from a single...
Microsoft has entered into a $9.7 billion cloud services contract with artificial intelligence cloud service provider IREN that will give it access to some of Nvidia's chips.
For its fiscal first-quarter 2026 (to 28 September 2025), Wolfspeed Inc of Durham, NC, USA — which makes silicon carbide (SiC) materials and power semiconductor devices — has reported revenue of $196.8m, roughly level with last quarter...
NUBURU Inc of Centennial, CO, USA — which was founded in 2015 and developed and previously manufactured high-power industrial blue lasers — has completed the first phase of its planned acquisition of Orbit S.r.l., an Italian...
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A South Korean research team has, for the first time, uncovered the molecular-level mechanism by which trace amounts of impurities—known as dopants—can reverse charge polarity in organic polymer semiconductors.
EPFL researchers have engineered a fiber-based electronic sensor that remains functional even when stretched to over 10 times its original length. The device holds promise for smart textiles, physical rehabilitation devices, and soft...
Researchers have created a more energy dense storage material for iron-based batteries. The breakthrough could also improve applications in MRI technology and magnetic levitation.
Electromagnetic waves with frequencies between microwave and infrared light, also known as terahertz radiation, are leveraged by many existing technologies, including various imaging tools and wireless communication systems. Despite...
US tech giant Nvidia said on Friday it will supply 260,000 of its most cutting-edge chips to South Korea, as CEO Jensen Huang met President Lee Jae Myung and the heads of Korea's biggest companies on the sidelines of the APEC summit.
Intelligent power and sensing technology firm onsemi of Scottsdale, AZ, USA has introduced vertical gallium nitride (vGaN) power semiconductors, which it claims sets a new benchmark for power density, efficiency and ruggedness for...
Researchers from the MIT Media Lab have developed an antenna—about the size of a fine grain of sand—that can be injected into the body to wirelessly power deep-tissue medical implants, such as pacemakers in cardiac patients and...
IVWorks Co Ltd of Daejeon, South Korea – which was founded in 2011 and manufactures 100-200mm gallium nitride (GaN) epitaxial wafers for RF & power electronics applications – claims to be first in the industry to develop and implement...
Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and School of Advanced Computing have developed artificial neurons that replicate the complex electrochemical behavior of biological brain cells.
In conjunction with announcing on 28 October that they have agreed to merge in a cash-and-stock transaction (valuing the combined firm at $22bn) that is expected to be finalized in early 2027, both Skyworks Solutions and Qorvo have...
Nvidia has become the first $5 trillion company, just three months after the Silicon Valley chipmaker was first to break through the $4 trillion barrier.
Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany is launching EasyPACK C, the next generation of its EasyPACK package family, for industrial applications such as fast DC electric vehicle (EV) charging, megawatt charging, energy storage...
The power gallium nitride (GaN) device market is rising at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 42% from $355m in 2024 then growing sixfold from now to about $3bn by 2030, forecasts Yole Group in its report ‘Power GaN 2025’...
Photonic simulation CAD software developer Photon Design Ltd of Oxford, UK has updated its PICWave photonic integrated circuit (PIC) design and simulation tool with an intuitive new graphic user interface (GUI) and an enhanced feature...
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has received multiple orders for its advanced wet processing and lithography systems from a leading specialist foundry. The systems will be...
Skyworks Solutions Inc of Irvine, CA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) and Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense...
On October 27, Qualcomm released a new series of artificial intelligence chips to compete with the market leader Nvidia, as the race to cash in on the massive AI datacenter buildout heats up.
The rapid advancement of sensing and artificial intelligence (AI) systems has paved the way for the introduction of increasingly sophisticated wearable devices, such as fitness trackers and technologies that closely monitor signals...
A joint research team, led by Professor Byungjo Kim of the Graduate School of Semiconductor Materials and Devices Engineering at UNIST and Professor Jihwan An of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at POSTECH has pioneered a...
An out-of-this-world idea: Placing data centers in space could pave the way for sustainable computing with unlimited solar energy and free cooling, say scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore). Their...
GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc — a fabless supplier of Flash memory, 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), sensors and analog products that relocated its headquarters this year from Beijiing to Singapore — has officially launched the Digital...