Scientists Make Breakthrough on 40-Year-Old 2D Physics Puzzle - By manipulating ultrafast quantum particles under extreme conditions, researchers have begun to probe growth dynamics in unprecedented detail. Why do patterns emerge as surfaces grow, whether in crystals, flames, or living systems? Physicists have long turned to the Kardar–Parisi–Zhang (KPZ) equation,...
Printed neurons communicate with living brain cells - Northwestern University engineers printed artificial neurons that don't just imitate the brain—they talk to it. In a new study, the Northwestern team developed flexible, low-cost devices that generate electrical signals realistic ...
Amazon Leo Aviation Antenna targets inflight connectivity - Amazon Leo has announced the antenna that its LEO satellite constellation will be using for internet connectivity for commercial aviation. Amazon Leo says its Aviation Antenna will support up to 1 Gbps downloads for passengers and crew. And it will support up to 400 Mbps upload speeds. Measuring 147 by...
Brewer Science Earns 2026 USA TODAY Top Workplaces Award - Brewer Science Earns 2026 USA TODAY Top Workplaces Award Employee-Owner Feedback Recognizes Company’s People-First Culture Rolla, MO – April 14, 2026 – Brewer Science, Inc., a global leader in developing and manufacturing next-generation materials and processes for the microelectronics and optoelectronics...
Blog posts - Organic substrates are hitting a wall. Discover how Heidelberg Instruments’ maskless lithography enables the glass revolution to break the sub-2 µm barrier for AI.
Heterogeneous NPU Data Movement: What The Execution Flow Shows - A concrete example of how architectural boundaries influence system behavior. The post Heterogeneous NPU Data Movement: What The Execution Flow Shows appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
A new fruit wash removes pesticides and extends shelf life - University of British Columbia researchers have developed a natural, biodegradable wash that removed up to 96% of pesticide residue from fruit and slowed browning and moisture loss. This could mean safer apples, grapes and ...
Case Study: MediaTek MT9630 Powers the Lumio Arc 5 & Arc 7 Projectors - Lumio is a next-generation consumer technology brand focused on re-imagining home entertainment for modern Indian households. From Smart TVs to projectors, Lumio builds products designed to deliver smooth, reliable, and joyful experiences, not just impressive spec sheets.
Electroninks to Showcase Advanced Metallization Solutions at Productronica India 2026 - Company to highlight MOD ink innovations enabling scalable EMI shielding and next-generation semiconductor packaging AUSTIN, TX, UNITED STATES, April 6, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Electroninks, the leader in metal complex inks for additive manufacturing and advanced semiconductor packaging, today announced...
Power electronics evolve to maximize efficiency - Following the introduction of Industry 4.0, power electronics are becoming more significant in both digital and industrial infrastructures. Factories, energy Continue Reading The post Power electronics evolve to maximize efficiency appeared first on EDN .
Scientists Freeze a Spinning Nanoparticle to Its Quantum Limit - A team of physicists has pushed the limits of quantum control by cooling the rotational motion of a nanoscale object to its lowest possible energy state. Quantum mechanics tells us that no particle can ever be completely motionless. But how precisely can its orientation be controlled? Researchers at the...
A nanoscale robotic cleaner can hunt, capture and remove bacteria - Tiny robots—around 50 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair—open up fascinating possibilities: they enable the controlled manipulation of objects far too small for human hands. This brings us closer to a long-standing ...
Global chip equipment sales reach record US$135 billion as AI drives investment surge - Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales rose 15% to a record US$135.1 billion in 2025 from US$117.1 billion a year earlier, driven by investment in advanced logic, memory, and AI-related capacity expansion, SEMI, the global semiconductor industry association, said.
Give bare-metal multicore processing a try - Multicore processing boosts performance and energy efficiency in many coding situations. Bare-metal algorithms further enhance these benefits. The post Give bare-metal multicore processing a try appeared first on EDN .
AI Growing Impact On Chip Design And EDA Tools - Demand for faster design and more automation grows from key customers. The post AI Growing Impact On Chip Design And EDA Tools appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
IBM goes on the road to find next wave of innovation in sports - The $2.3 trillion global sports economy is experiencing robust growth, with annual revenues projected to reach $8.8 trillion by 2050. Like all other industry leaders, sports leagues, teams, and...
Finding the Best Batteries for Electric Off-Highway Machines - As the off-highway industries of construction, agriculture, and mining begin to see greater electrification of machines, battery technologies will be critical to their performance and overall market adoption. This article highlights how the performance demands of machines can be understood in order to...
This Metal Melts in Your Hand – and Scientists Just Discovered Something Strange - Gallium has revealed unexpected behavior that challenges decades-old assumptions about its liquid structure. A metal that can melt in your hand has just surprised scientists again. Gallium, first identified in 1875, already stands out for its strange behavior. It melts at about 30°C (86°F), meaning...
Double-duty current loop transmitter - Tracking down cable cuts and differentiating them from normal open circuits is critical. Flexibly evolving the circuit design makes it even more valuable. The post Double-duty current loop transmitter appeared first on EDN .
Will IME Be the Path for Printed Electronics to Break into Automotives - With in-mold electronics (IME) company, Kronos Mechatronics, having won the LOPEC 2026 Startup Award for Best Business Potential, the hype for printed electronic technologies can continue to flourish. This article covers IDTechEx's visit to LOPEC 2026 in Munich, exploring the use of IME within automotives....
Q1 PC market up 2.6% - Despite the ravages of a soaring memory price Q1 PC shipments grew 2.5% YoY to 65.6 million units, according tp, (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. The growth was mostly fuelled, says IDC, by the anticipation of rising component prices, Windows 10 migration, and new product introductions....
Littelfuse TDB SMT DIP switches target high-density PCB layouts - Littelfuse has released its TDB series of ultra-miniature surface mount half-pitch (1.27mm) DIP switches. The half-pitch (1.27 mm) design is for reducing PCB footprints while supporting automated SMT assembly. In terms of electrical performance, the gold-plated, washable DIP switches offer up to 50V DC,...
Nvidia Is Negotiating To Buy A Large PC Oriented Company - Nvidia has been in negotiations for over a year to buy a large company and it will reshape the PC landscape. Read more ▶ The post Nvidia Is Negotiating To Buy A Large PC Oriented Company appeared first on Semiaccurate .
Analog Devices Opens Advanced Backend Facility in Thailand - Analog Devices (ADI) has opened a new advanced backend manufacturing facility in Thailand, upgrading its local operations from a test-focused site into a more integrated production base that includes wafer-level processing and chip-scale packaging (CSP).ADI said it inaugurated the new facility in Ch
Who’s Buying America’s Foundry Future? - Everyone has been treating Intel as a turnaround story. What if it’s not a scheduled airline — but a charter, and Musk is the one filing the flight plan? Not just Tesla. Companies like Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Oracle are all designing their own silicon now, and their AI infrastructure depends...
In Memoriam: Tracy Kidder, author of Pulitzer Prize-Winning “The Soul of a New Machine” - Tracy Kidder, the author of the 1981 best-selling book “The Soul of a New Machine,” has passed away. Kidder wrote many non-fiction books including his first book, “The Road to Yuba City,” and “House,” “Strength in What Remains,” Mountains Beyond Mountains,” “Old Friends,” “Among...
One tiny diode could shrink image sensors by adding memory and processing - P-n diodes are two-terminal devices that consist of two types of semiconductor materials (i.e., a p-type and an n-type material) joined together. These components allow electric current to only move in one direction, which ...
Effective Defense Against Hacks at the Edge - IoT permeates every aspect of our lives, in payment systems, access authorization, vehicles, utilities, factories, hospitals, and in so many other fields. Which makes these systems attractive targets for hacking and social disruption while also challenging to protect given the highly constrained resources...
Abaco’s VP892 data processor runs AMD’s UltraScale+ VU13P - Abaco Systems, the embedded computing specialist, has announced the VP892, a rugged, 3U VPX FPGA processing system powered by AMD’s Virtex UltraScale+ VU13P. The VP892 supports high-bandwidth sensing and communications with an FMC+ expansion connector for wideband RF and waveform processing, says Abaco....
The Chip Insider®–How chips got to $1T - Key insights from industry expert G. Dan Hutcheson - analyzing the shift from Cost-Driven to a Value-Driven business model and the major inflection points in semiconductor growth.
Renesas Scalable Automotive SoC Design Using Arteris NoC - The increasing complexity of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving architectures has driven a transition from traditional bus-based interconnects to scalable Network-on-Chip (NoC) fabrics. Renesas’ next-generation R-Car automotive SoC platforms adopt Arteris FlexNoC interconnect...
8 Wi-Fi security guidelines issued by Wireless Broadband Alliance - These guidelines provide a framework to lower operational risk and support seamless roaming across public, enterprise, and IoT environments. The post 8 Wi-Fi security guidelines issued by Wireless Broadband Alliance appeared first on EDN .
The once-theoretical skyrmion could unlock supercomputing memory - When looking to the future of information technology, researchers have pinpointed a once-theoretical particle-like structure: the skyrmion. Magnetic skyrmions are very stable structures found on micromagnetic materials that ...
Scientists Shrink a Lab Spectrometer to the Size of a Grain of Sand - A new chip-scale spectrometer challenges the long-standing reliance on bulky optical systems by replacing physical light separation with computational reconstruction. For decades, analyzing the chemical makeup of materials, whether for medical diagnosis, food inspection, or pollution monitoring, has relied...
[News] Samsung Reportedly Lifts HBM4 Logic Die Prices by 40–50% Amid AI Boom; 4nm at Full Capacity - Memory is not the only segment where Samsung Electronics is pushing price increases amid surging AI demand. According to Financial News, the chip giant has reportedly raised prices for HBM4 logic dies by around 40–50% since early 2026, signaling a broader normalization of pricing across its semico......
EDA And IP Numbers Up Again, But Numbers Are More Nuanced - Q4 numbers reflect strengths and weaknesses in different segments. The post EDA And IP Numbers Up Again, But Numbers Are More Nuanced appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Taiwan’s ITRI looks to strengthen ties with Europe - Integrated photonics and edge applications are becoming a focal point for collaboration between the Netherlands and Taiwan. Backed by new funding and shared ambitions, both sides are exploring how European research strength and Taiwanese manufacturing power can reinforce each other.
Podcast EP340: A Review of the Q4 2025 Electronic Design Market Data Report with Wally Rhines - Daniel is joined by Dr. Wally Rhines, CEO of Silvaco , to discuss the Electronic Design Market Data report that was just released. Wally is the industry coordinator for the EDA data collection program called EDMD . SEMI and the Electronic System Design Alliance collect data from almost all electronic...
The CPU Renaissance in the Age of AI - Intel’s CPU-centric tie-up with Google comes weeks after Arm launched a processor for agentic AI. The post The CPU Renaissance in the Age of AI appeared first on EE Times .
EW BrightSparks 2025 profile: Samuel Kennedy, University of Southampton - Now in its eighth year, the EW BrightSparks awards see Electronics Weekly celebrate some of the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. In the next in our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2025, we profile Samuel Kennedy, an Electronic Engineering student at the University of...
