Battery Breakthrough: Scientists Double Performance With Dry Electrodes - A dry-process zinc-iodine battery from Adelaide offers safer, longer-lasting energy storage with high capacity and stability. Researchers at the University of Adelaide have developed a new dry electrode for aqueous batteries that produces cathodes with more than twice the performance of both iodine and...
Converting an E-Paper Photo Frame into Weather Map - Here’s a great hack sent in to us from [Simon]. He uses an e-paper photo frame as a weather map! By now you are probably aware of e-paper technology, which …read more
MediaTek passes SBTi review and initiates Net-Zero transformation - MediaTek has become the first IC design company in Taiwan to have its near-term and net-zero targets, aligned with the 1.5°C pathway of the Paris Agreement, validated by the the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). MediaTek has committed to reduce its absolute Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas...
Electronics Up, Smartphones down - Electronics production in key Asian countries has been steady to increasing in the last several months. In April 2025, China electronics production three-month-average change versus a year ago (3/12) was 11.5%, up from 9.5% in January but below the average 3/12 of 12% in 2024. India showed the strongest...
New Diamond Magnetometer Paves the Way for GPS-Free Navigation - Fraunhofer IAF presents compact integrated quantum sensor at World of Quantum 2025 The highly integrated vector magnetometer developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF uses nitrogen vacancies (NV) in diamond to detect extremely small magnetic fields with a level of flexibility...
Researchers Discover Unexpected New Form of Molecular Motion - Guest molecules slice through droplets of DNA polymers in a frontal wave, providing a foundation for better understanding biological processes. Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, and the University of Texas at Austin have discovered...
Machine Intelligence on Wireless Edge Networks with RF Analog Architecture (MIT, Duke) - A new technical paper titled “Machine Intelligence on Wireless Edge Networks” was published by researchers at MIT and Duke University. Abstract “Deep neural network (DNN) inference on power-constrained edge devices is bottlenecked by costly weight storage and data movement. We introduce MIWEN, a...
Sigurd lifts capex by 75% to chase AI smartphone boom, BIS-driven test orders - Riding a wave of demand driven by AI smartphones, servers, ASICs, optical transceivers, and networking gear, Taiwan-based IC testing firm Sigurd Microelectronics is scaling up investment to expand its advanced testing capacity and R&D operations. General Manager Charles Yeh noted that the AI boom has...
The Chiplet Economy: Three Pillars for Semiconductor Success - The chiplet economy rests on three fundamental pillars: deployment, innovation, and manufacturing, each presenting distinct opportunities and challenges. The post The Chiplet Economy: Three Pillars for Semiconductor Success appeared first on EE Times .
Chip Observer June 2025 - Stay informed on the latest shifts in semiconductor policy, AI, packaging, and market dynamics in the June 2025 Chip Observer, featuring insights on Qualcomm, OpenAI, Huawei, and more.
