Texas Instruments shrinks MCU innovation: Meet the world's smallest 1.38mm² microcontroller - Texas Instruments (TI) unveiled the MSPM0C1104 at Embedded World 2025 in Nuremberg, Germany. This device is now the world's smallest microcontroller (MCU). Measuring just 1.38mm²—smaller than a black pepper flake—the new MCU is 38% more compact than the smallest existing model. This unprecedented...
World’s first 4-level buck converter for 1mm thick battery charger - pSemi has developed the world’s first multi-level buck regulator technology that could revolutionise mobile battery charger designs. The capacitor-based multi-level technology is capable of high efficiency and fast battery charging…
You Too Can Do the Franck-Hertz Experiment - We talk about quantum states — that is, something can be at one of several discrete values but not in between. For example, a binary digit can be a 1 …read more
Launch of startup nawu diagnostics to detect respiratory infections in 30 minutes - CEA-Leti startup, nawu diagnostics, is developing a portable, autonomous solution to analyze pathogens in the air expelled by farm animals. The device offers rapid diagnostics of respiratory pathogens so that the appropriate treatment can be identified as quickly as possible, and thus prevent an epidemic....
The sunset of Northvolt - Having potentially raised $15bn in various grants, incentives and investment to provide battery production in Europe, Northvolt has approximately 6,600…
Samsung bets on an Apple-style shift to rescue faltering Exynos chip ambitions - Samsung Electronics is considering a major overhaul of its semiconductor division as Exynos chip losses mount. Reports suggest the company may transfer its Exynos application processor (AP) division from System LSI, under the Device Solutions (DS) unit, to the Mobile eXperience (MX) division within Device...
Pi Hand is a Digital Display of a Different Sort - Hackers enjoy a good theme, and so it comes as no surprise that every time March 14th (Pi Day) rolls around, the tip line sees an uptick in mathematical activity. …read more
Design Optimization Techniques To Improve NC-CFET Performance - A new technical paper titled “Insights Into Design Optimization of Negative Capacitance Complementary-FET (CFET)” was published by researchers at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. Abstract “This work assesses and analyzes negative-capacitance CFETs (NC-CFETs) with metal-ferroelectric-insulator-semiconductor...
The Silicon Photonics Moonshot: Group IV Integrated Lasers - An exploration of how group IV materials could solve the longstanding problem of silicon\u2019s indirect bandgap, enabling monolithic photonic circuits with competitive laser performance.
MediaTek Genio 720 & 520 bring Gen-AI into IoT - The Genio 720 and Genio 520 represent a new generation of edge AI IoT platforms for MediaTek. Featuring an 8th generation MediaTek NPU, they bring on-device generative AI to a wide range of IoT applications, providing full hardware acceleration for transformer and convolutional neural network...
Bridging the Lab-to-Fab Gap: Overcoming ALD Scaling Challenges with Chipmetrics, Finland - Scaling Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) from laboratory research to high-volume semiconductor manufacturing presents numerous challenges, particularly as the industry moves towards more complex 3D structures like 3D NAND, Through-Silicon Vias (TSVs), and nanosheet transistors. One major hurdle is the disparity...
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 - Smooth Zoom Switching - Smooth zoom switching with sustained target autofocus makes smartphone videography comparable to using a professional camera zoom lens, ensuring there’s never a drop in quality, skip or judder during magnification.
Video EP2: A Detailed Look at the Most Effective Way to Conquer Clock Jitter with Samia Rashid - In this episode of the Semiconductor Insiders video series, Dan is joined by Samia Rashid, co-founder and president of Infinisim . Samia provides detailed background on clock jitter – what it is, what causes it and the various methods to address the problem. Samia describes the unique clock analysis...
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