Plasma strategy boosts antibacterial efficacy of silica-based materials - Researchers Ni Guohua and Associate Researcher Sun Hongmei from the Institute of Plasma Physics, together with Associate Professor Wang Dong from Anhui Medical University, have developed a novel two-step plasma strategy to ...
Book your place at Elektra Awards 2025, final places available - Please note that there are now only a few tables remaining for the Elektra Awards 2025 next month. With limited places available, make sure you book your place at the special awards. The prestigious industry event is just a few weeks away, taking place on Tuesday 9 December at the Hilton Bankside, London,...
Beyond the current smart grid management systems - Here is why robust motorized switch operators are essential to modernizing today's power grid. The post Beyond the current smart grid management systems appeared first on EDN .
Assisted Driving Systems Are Powering a Million km a Day in China - Across the global autonomous vehicle landscape, commercial trucks are emerging as one of the first segments to reach true-scale deployment. in China, the pace of adoption has accelerated dramatically: trucks equipped with assisted driving systems now collectively log over one million kilometers every...
Nuvoton posts second straight loss on Japan plant woes, automotive slump - Nuvoton disclosed its consolidated financial results for the third quarter of 2024 during an investor briefing held on November 4, 2025, revealing revenue of NT$7.27 billion (US$235 million) and a net loss after tax of NT$513 million. This marks the company's second consecutive quarterly net loss, although...
Kerala Positions Design and IP at Core of Chip Strategy - Kerala bets big on chip design and IP instead of costly fabs to fuel tech jobs. The post Kerala Positions Design and IP at Core of Chip Strategy appeared first on EE Times .
MACOM to Manufacture HRL’s 40nm GaN-on-SiC Process - LOWELL, MA, November 4, 2025– MACOM Technology Solutions Inc. (“MACOM”), a leading supplier of semiconductor products, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with HRL Laboratories (“HRL”) to license and manufacture HRL’s proprietary 40nm T3L GaN-on-silicon carbide (“GaN-on-SiC”)...
vivo x300 series powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9500 - MediaTek and vivo have once again joined forces to redefine what’s possible in flagship smartphones. This latest collaboration is the vivo X300, powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9500, which continues our shared mission to deliver breakthrough performance, energy efficiency, and intelligent...
Overcoming The vdW Gap Bottleneck in Semiconductor Scaling (TU Wein) - A new technical paper titled “The van der Waals Gap: a Hidden Showstopper in Semiconductor Device Scaling” was published by researchers at TU Wien. Abstract “Continued miniaturization of transistors is critical for sustaining advances in computing performance, energy efficiency, and integration...
The Chip Insider®– Substrate X-Ray Lithography - The intriguing rise of Substrate's X-Ray Lithography tech, its bold claims, funding success, and the challenges ahead in disrupting the chip industry.
5 billion for chips in the Netherlands - Semiconductors form the foundation of our future. If we don’t maintain the foundation, we lose the house, argues industry veteran André van Geelen.
Onsemi reports lower third-quarter revenue but signals stabilization in key markets - On November 3, Onsemi reported a decline in third-quarter 2025 revenue and margins, though its guidance for the fourth quarter indicates signs of stabilization across automotive and industrial markets, along with steady growth in artificial intelligence-related sales.
What Is Causing The Industry CPU shortage? - Intel did pretty well this last quarter but two things they said in the last quarterly call stuck out to SemiAccurate. Read more ▶ The post What Is Causing The Industry CPU shortage? appeared first on Semiaccurate .
A precision, voltage-compliant current source - A precision, high voltage current source with a two-terminal nature that allow load to be connected to both ends of the source. The post A precision, voltage-compliant current source appeared first on EDN .
Supramolecular chemical recycling of dynamic polymers - Using supramolecular chemistry principles, thermodynamically metastable, yet kinetically stable, poly(disulfide)s with tunable mechanical properties can be recycled into crystalline monomers with quantitative yields and monomer purity 90%.
Level Up: Scaling from MCU to MPU - The next chapter for NXP’s FRDM Development Platform includes the introduction of the powerful i.MX applications processors for advanced edge…
Zero-Trust Security Market Set to Surge by 2032 - Zero-Trust protects modern IT environments — whether cloud-based, remote, or on-premises — by continuously verifying user identity and restricting access…
A sticky solution for enhanced pesticide deposition - Water droplets can slide down or bounce off a leaf's surface because it has a waxy hydrophobic (water-repellent) coating. However, this poses a challenge to farmers when pesticides are sprayed, as the droplets can bounce ...
Verge halves the weight of its electric motorcycle motor - Verge Motorcycles has upgraded the battery in its TS Pro electric motorcycle to 20.2kWh to provide up to 217 miles of range, the company claims. On top of this, the weight of the hub-less motor in the centre-less back wheel has been halved, but Donut Motor 2.0 continues to provide the same power and same...
What Happens When a Semiconductor Becomes a Superconductor? - Researchers have turned germanium, a common semiconductor, into a superconductor through precise atomic engineering. The advance could revolutionize future electronics and quantum circuits by eliminating energy loss. For years, researchers have sought to design semiconductor materials that can also act...
[News] SK hynix Unveils 2029–2031 Roadmap Featuring HBM5, GDDR7-Next, and 400+ Layer NAND - At the SK AI Summit 2025, SK hynix revealed a bold roadmap outlining its memory plans beyond 2029. According to Wccftech, the roadmap spans two phases: one for 2026 to 2028, and another for 2029 to 2031. Across both periods, the company plans to roll out a full lineup of HBM, DRAM, and NAND products......
Room-temperature 3D-printing enables miniaturized infrared sensors - Infrared sensors, which act as the "seeing" component in devices such as LiDAR for autonomous vehicles, 3D face recognition systems in smartphones, and wearable health care devices, are regarded as key components in next-generation ...
Investing in the ‘Last Mile’ for Tomorrow’s Innovators - As a founding donor of the Semiconductor Pathways Fund, Lam Research is taking action to ensure promising STEM students can complete their degrees and power the next generation...
CEO change at Velens - Valens Semiconductor has appointed Yoram Salinger as CEO, succeeding Gideon Ben-Zvi who has led Valens since 2020, and will remain on the board. “I’d also like to thank Gideon Ben-Zvi for his hard work and dedication over the past five and a half years,” said board chairman Peter Mertens. “Under...
Intel Eyeing AI Catchup in Inference with SambaNova Acquisition - Intel seeks an AI edge with potential SambaNova buyout—will this risky move finally deliver results? The post Intel Eyeing AI Catchup in Inference with SambaNova Acquisition appeared first on EE Times .
Lam Researchers Spotlight Breakthrough in Hybrid Metallization - Molybdenum hybrid metallization is driving innovation in semiconductor materials for AI, 5G, and data centers. These advances boost performance, sustainability, and efficiency in chip manufacturing.
South Korean AI fabless Exarion to list on Nasdaq - South Korean AI and audio system chip fabless Exarion is aiming to list on Nasdaq, TheElec has learned.Hong Kong-based Eddid Financial is underwriting the listing, the company said. Exarion signed a contract with Eddid Securities USA Inc, Eddid Financial’s US arm.Exarion said it is aiming to raise U...
New therapeutic brain implants defy the need for surgery - MIT researchers created microscopic wireless electronic devices that travel through blood and implant in target brain regions, where they provide electrical stimulation.
Blog Review: Nov. 5 - Quantum simulation; impedance modeling; AI and DSP in automotive; surveillance camera simulation. The post Blog Review: Nov. 5 appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Nanya Technology and Winbond Electronics report strong financial results amid rising DDR4 demand - Taiwanese DRAM manufacturer Nanya Technology recorded its highest single-month revenue in four years in October 2025, reporting NT$7.908 billion (approx. US$256 million). This marked an 18.66% increase from the previous month and a 262.37% jump compared to October 2024, driven primarily by a surge in...
The Four Horsemen: Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta Earnings - Wall Street favors quick cloud returns. But Meta\u2019s betting on turning tokens into high-margin dollars. It\u2019s a playbook it\u2019s already run successfully and investors seem to be overlooking it.
Board-to-board connectors reduce EMI - Molex LLC develops a quad-row shield connector, claiming the industry’s first space-saving, four-row signal pin layout with a metal electromagnetic Continue Reading The post Board-to-board connectors reduce EMI appeared first on EDN .
The Landscape of Metal 3D Printing - Domestic and Global Trends - 3D printing as an industry is seeing increased attention for its versatility and convenience. This article covers metal additive manufacturing and the scope for its diversity and flexibility within the sector.
280MHz industrial Cortex-M33 MCU - GigaDevice has announced smaller, slightly faster, members of its Arm Cortex-M33 based GD32F5xx MCU family. GD32F505 (right) operates up to 280MHz and has up 1Mbyte of flash (up to 192kbyte code flash) and 192kbyte sram GD32F503 operates up to 252MHz and has up to up to 1Mbyte of flash (up to 256kbyte...
C3 to Establish Pixel Paper Labs in Sri Lanka - C3 and E Ink is establishing Pixel Paper Labs, a new venture dedicated to the development, design, and manufacture of ePaper-based products for both local and international markets.
European and US IDMs see slow recovery in automotive and industrial control - Key European and US IDMs like Texas Instruments (TI), NXP, and STMicroelectronics (STM) have released their latest earnings reports, some showing solid recovery performance in the previous quarter, while others faced relatively weak demand. Expectations for the next quarter also vary among companies....
Research Bits: Nov. 4 - Neuromorphic computing: Diffusive memristor; MTJ synapses; MOF-based nanofluidics. The post Research Bits: Nov. 4 appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
NXP’s Model-Based Design is Turbocharging BMS Development for Formula Student Electric Team - Raftar Formula Racing Electric, a student team from the Indian Institute of Technology, is developing India’s fastest autonomous electric race car for the Formula Student Electric competition. With support from NXP and tools like S32 Design Studio and Simulink’s Model-Based Design Toolbox, they are...
Brewer Science will be presenting at the AIChE Annual Meeting 2025. - Brewer Science will be presenting at the AIChE Annual Meeting 2025. Presentation Details: Machine Learning-Driven Raman Spectroscopy for In-Line Monitoring of Continuous Flow Polymerization Presented by: James Halpryn, Process Engineer at Brewer Science Session: Next-Gen Manufacturing in Chemical and...
Makefile vs. YAML: Modernizing verification simulation flows - The article explains an alternative approach to Makefile, based on YAML, a structured and human-readable configuration format. The post Makefile vs. YAML: Modernizing verification simulation flows appeared first on EDN .
