Due to “high demand and requests from several participants”, there has been an extension to 17 March (14:00 Norwegian time) of the auction (begun on 28 February) of the assets of CrayoNano AS of Trondheim, Norway — a developer and...
Specialty semiconductor and performance materials producer 5N Plus Inc (5N+) of Montreal, Québec, Canada has entered into an exclusive agreement (through its subsidiary AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH of Heilbronn, Germany) with ALLOS...
NUBURU Inc of Centennial, CO, USA — which was founded in 2015 and develops and manufactures high-power industrial blue lasers — has announced a strategic partnership with artificial intelligence and robotics solutions provider COEPTIS...
Optoelectronics are promising devices that combine optical components, which operate leveraging light, with electronics, which leverage electrical current. Optoelectronic systems could transmit data faster than conventional electronics,...
Scientists have developed a hydrogen sensor that could accelerate the transition to clean hydrogen energy. As the world transitions away from fossil fuels, hydrogen is considered a key player to the transition to cleaner energy. However,...
Siemens plans to invest $285 million in manufacturing in the United States, the tech company said Thursday, including two new facilities in California and Texas.
Luminus Devices Inc of Sunnyvale, CA, USA — which designs and makes LEDs and solid-state technology (SST) light sources for illumination markets — has released its Generation 2 warm dimming COB (chip on board) LEDs, engineered to deliver...
Japan-based ROHM Co Ltd says that its EcoGaN series of 650V GaN HEMTs in the TOLL package has been adopted by Murata Manufacturing Group subsidiary Murata Power Solutions (a Japan-based supplier of electronic components, batteries and...
k-Space Associates Inc of Dexter, MI, USA — which was founded in 1992 and produces thin-film metrology instrumentation and software for research and manufacturing of microelectronic, optoelectronic and photovoltaic devices — has...
According to the new market & technology report ‘Status of the Compound Semiconductor Device Industry’ from market analyst firm Yole Group, the compound semiconductor device market is growing rapidly at a compound annual growth rate...
Altum RF of Eindhoven, The Netherlands (which designs RF, microwave and millimeter-wave semiconductors) has expanded the scope of its ISO 9001:2015 registration for its quality management system. In addition to its headquarters in...
Japan-based ROHM Co Ltd has developed the GNP2070TD-Z 650V GaN HEMTs in the TOLL (TO-LeadLess) package. Featuring a compact design with excellent heat dissipation, high current capacity and superior switching performance, the TOLL...
Representing a step in its evolution from a technology-driven company to a product-driven company, Finwave Semiconductor Inc of Waltham, MA, USA has strengthened its commitment to addressing the increasingly demanding wireless...
Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to invest $100 billion in the United States, President Donald Trump said Monday, on top of $65 billion in investments the company had previously announced.
Programmable metasurfaces (PMs), also sometimes referred to as reconfigurable intelligence surfaces, are smart surfaces that reflect wireless signals, but can also dynamically manipulate electromagnetic waves in real-time. These surfaces...
NUBURU Inc of Centennial, CO, USA — which was founded in 2015 and develops and manufactures high-power industrial blue lasers — and HUMBL Inc, a strategic holding company with a focus on Brazil, have executed a $2m equity swap agreement...
For its fiscal second-quarter 2025 (ended 28 December 2024), Lumentum Holdings Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which designs and makes optical and photonic products for optical networks and lasers for industrial and consumer markets) has...
Struggling US chip maker Intel on Friday pushed out the timeline for completing two new fabrication plants in Ohio, saying it is taking a prudent approach to the $28 billion project.
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE in Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany has announced Alexander Everke, who has been a member of its Supervisory Board since May 2024, as the successor to the Supervisory Board chairmanship. Existing...
Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Thursday announced Ocelot, its first-generation quantum computing chip, as it enters the race against fellow tech giants in harnessing the experimental technology.
A team of researchers from Nottingham Trent University, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V. (Germany) and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy) has created washable and durable magnetic field-sensing electronic textiles—thought...
Penn State University aims to enhance its R&D capabilities in next-generation semiconductor technology thanks to $4.3m in infrastructure funding and in-kind support through its membership of the Midwest Microelectronics Consortium...
Mining firm Nimy Resources Ltd of Perth, Western Australia says that it is on track to establish a maiden JORC (Australasian Joint Ore Reserves Committee) resource at its Western Australia gallium discovery after raising $1.15m from...
Microelectrode arrays (MEAs) are widely used for recording brain activity and stimulating neural tissues. However, conventional MEAs are typically flat, limiting their ability to conform to the natural curves of neural structures....
A trio of engineers from Saint Vincent College and the University of Pittsburgh has developed two unique ways to mold bread-derived carbon electrodes into desired shapes. In their study published in the journal Royal Society Open...
Clas-SiC Wafer Fab Ltd of Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland — which was founded in 2017 and the UK’s only commercial wafer fabrication facility dedicated to silicon carbide (SiC) — has secured a £12m inward investment from Archean Chemical...
Silanna UV of Brisbane, Australia – which provides far-UVC light sources for water quality sensors, gas sensors, disinfection, and HPLC (high-performance liquid chromatography) applications – has launched the NozzleShield UV water...
Aeluma Inc of Goleta, CA, USA – which uses compound semiconductor materials on large-diameter substrates to develop technologies for mobile, automotive, AI, defense & aerospace, communication and quantum computing – has appointed finance...
For fiscal first-quarter 2025 (ended 27 December 2024), Skyworks Solutions Inc of Irvine, CA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has reported revenue of $1068m, down 11% on $1201.5m a year ago but up 4% on...
Photodiodes are widely used devices based on semiconducting materials that can convert light into electrical current. These devices are central components of various contemporary technologies, including photovoltaics (PVs) and some...
Silicon carbide wafer manufacturing technology firm TekSiC AB of Linköping, Sweden has added to its Xforge platform with the Xforge PVT, a compact high-temperature induction heating furnace for crystal growth using physical vapor...
The board of directors of Ennostar Inc has approved a restructuring plan that involves the merger of its subsidiaries EPISTAR and Lextar into a single entity tentatively named Ennostar Corp, starting 1 October. The merger aims to...
Scientists at the City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) have developed a wearable bionic device that replicates birds' exceptional visual capabilities and operates with near-zero power consumption. This innovation represents a notable...
NUBURU Inc of Centennial, CO, USA — which was founded in 2015 and develops and manufactures high-power industrial blue lasers — has announced its entry into a commitment letter aimed at expanding its existing defense business and...
University of Michigan researchers are leading a multi-million dollar collaborative effort to develop heat-resistant sensing and computing chips made of silicon carbide (SiC) that could advance aircraft, electric and gas-powered...
Manufacturers of audio equipment constantly seek to enhance sound quality while also meeting the growing demand for compact, lightweight, more integrated and energy-efficient designs. At the same time, they must ensure seamless...
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA has announced the final amount for the sale (announced on 11 December) of Section 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production tax credits...
A team of bioengineers at Tsinghua University, working with medical research colleagues from Tianjin University, both in China, have developed what they describe as the world's first two-way adaptive brain–computer interface (BCI). In...
In 2022, humans generated roughly 62 million tons of electronic waste—or e-waste. That's enough to fill more than 1.5 million garbage trucks. And by 2030, that figure is expected to rise to 82 million tons.
With the exponential growth of AI computing needs, challenges arise in performance and energy efficiency across computing, memory, power supply and the interconnections linking them. STMicroelectronics of Geneva, Switzerland says that it...
The use of terahertz waves, which have shorter wavelengths and higher frequencies than radio waves, could enable faster data transmission, more precise medical imaging, and higher-resolution radar.
SemiQ Inc of Lake Forest, CA, USA — which designs, develops and manufactures silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors and 150mm SiC epitaxial wafers for high-voltage applications — has announced a family of three 1200V SiC full-bridge...
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...
Lumileds LLC of San Jose, CA, USA says that its new LUXEON HL2X-V is the latest result of its commitment to addressing lighting manufacturing issues. Many manufacturers with high-power LED solutions are considering re-engineering their...
Multi-color LED fixtures based on a large LED cluster under a single optical system are preferred in many situations for their ability to deliver highly accurate illumination with superior beam quality. Until now, however, LED design has...
Infinera Corp of San Jose, CA, USA — a vertically integrated manufacturer of open optical networking systems and optical semiconductors — says that its pending acquisition by Nokia Corp should be completed on or about 28 February,...
Sivers Semiconductors AB of Kista, Sweden (which supplies RF beam-former ICs for SATCOMs and photonic lasers for AI data centers) has appointed Alexander McCann as a strategic senior advisor to the board and the CEO. His primary focus...