MENU

Technology News Page 141

Technology News Page 141
Automotive industry driving down acceptable chip defect levels, observes Sondrel
Automotive industry driving down acceptable chip defect levels, observes Sondrel
Feature articles |
The automotive industry, with its extremely high requirements on reliability and longevity, is having a major impact on the semiconductor…
Apple’s watchOS 9 offers new experiences, features
Apple’s watchOS 9 offers new experiences, features
Market news |
Consumer tech giant Apple has previewed its watchOS 9 wearable operating system, which offers Apple Watch users new features and…
Apple boosts transistor count in 5nm M2 chip
Apple boosts transistor count in 5nm M2 chip
Technology News |
Apple has launched its M2 processor, boosting the transistor count from 16bn to 20bn in a second generation 5nm TSMC…
On-device learning, AI inference coming to end users
On-device learning, AI inference coming to end users
Market news |
A new report from market research firm ABI Research predicts that more than 2 billion shipments of devices with machine…

Low power DSP for 100 Gbps Coherent Transmission in Optical Access Networks
Low power DSP for 100 Gbps Coherent Transmission in Optical Access Networks
Technology News |
II-VI has completed the tape-out of a digital signal processor (DSP) for 100 Gbit/s coherent transmission in optical access and aggregation networks. The Steelerton chip was designed specifically to enable…
Breakthrough enables photonic sensing at the quantum limit
Breakthrough enables photonic sensing at the quantum limit
Technology News |
Photonic chip with a microring resonator nanofabricated in a commercial foundry. Photo credit: Joel Tasker, QET Labs.
Metamaterial for 6G mmwave beam-steering antenna
Metamaterial for 6G mmwave beam-steering antenna
Technology News |
Researchers in the UK have developed a beam-steering antenna using a metamaterial to increase the efficiency of millimetre wave transmissions in 5G and 6G systems. The team at the University…
Open silicon photonics platform features integrated lasers
Open silicon photonics platform features integrated lasers
Business news |
Newly launched silicon photonics company OpenLight has unveiled its technology portfolio by introducing what it says is the world's first open silicon photonics platform with integrated lasers.
AI drives big data analytics for chip design
AI drives big data analytics for chip design
Technology News |
Synopsys has developed a suite of tools that use machine learning to analyse the gigabytes of data that are used for complex system-on-chip designs. The DesignDash works with the Synopsys…
New RF switches lay the groundwork for 6G
New RF switches lay the groundwork for 6G
Technology News |
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin say they have developed radio frequency (RF) components that will allow future 6G devices to achieve the increased speeds and efficiency necessary…
400V GaN switching for space power designs
400V GaN switching for space power designs
Technology News |
The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut in Germany is launching a high power gallium nitride (GaN) design for power conversions in satellites. The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchst-frequenztechnik (FBH) is showing devices that cover the…
Project for first multiphysics model of battery thermal runaway
Project for first multiphysics model of battery thermal runaway
Technology News |
Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) and Imperial College London are working on a research project on thermal runaway in battery packs. The BESAFE project, backed by the Faraday Institution, aims to bridge…
CEA-Leti, Intel develop self assembly die-to-wafer technique
CEA-Leti, Intel develop self assembly die-to-wafer technique
Technology News |
French research lab CEA-Leti and Intel have optimized a hybrid direct-bonding, self-assembly process that could boost the use of die-to-wafer (D2W) bonding. The technique can increase the alignment accuracy as…
Immersive VR deck claimed as world’s first ‘metaverse gate’
Immersive VR deck claimed as world’s first ‘metaverse gate’
Market news |
Chinese VR technology research and development company STEPVR has launched a fully immersive product that goes beyond a standalone VR headset.
AccuWeather, API3 bring weather data direct to blockchain apps
AccuWeather, API3 bring weather data direct to blockchain apps
Business news |
Weather forecasting services company AccuWeather has launched its AccuWeather API in collaboration with first-party blockchain oracle solution API3, bringing weather data directly to blockchain applications.
Reliable semiconductor lasers for quantum technologies in space
Reliable semiconductor lasers for quantum technologies in space
Technology News |
The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut in Germany has developed space-qualified diode laser modules with narrow linewidths, optical frequency references and other compound semiconductor devices for satellite and quantum technology applications. The demand for…
Artificial skin for touch-sensitive robots capable of feeling ‘pain’
Artificial skin for touch-sensitive robots capable of feeling ‘pain’
Technology News |
An electronic skin which can learn from feeling ‘pain’ could help create a new generation of smart robots with human-like sensitivity. …
NCSA deploys Cerebras CS-2 AI system in new HOLL-I supercomputer
NCSA deploys Cerebras CS-2 AI system in new HOLL-I supercomputer
Technology News |
For large-scale AI, CS-2 sets up in minutes and is faster than clusters of hundreds of graphics processing units.
Toyota Connected detects occupants by means of mm-wave tech
Toyota Connected detects occupants by means of mm-wave tech
Technology News |
Toyota Connected North America (TCNA) has introduced a newly developed Cabin Awareness concept technology that uses millimeter-wave, high-resolution 4D imaging radar to detect occupants (including certain pets) in cars and…
Upscaling production of perovskite solar panels
Upscaling production of perovskite solar panels
Technology News |
Researchers in China have developed a technique that could allow cost effective scaling up of production of large area solar panels using perovskite materials. Perovskite solar cells have potential with…
Smart home protocol aims to guarantee data privacy
Smart home protocol aims to guarantee data privacy
Technology News |
Researchers at the Carnegie Mellon CyLab Security and Privacy Institute (CyLab) say they have developed a new privacy-sensitive architecture for developers to build smart home apps.
Digital sound printing in 3D with ultrasound
Digital sound printing in 3D with ultrasound
Technology News |
Researchers in Canada have developed a technique that uses ultrasonic soundwaves for digital 3D printing of materials. Most 3D printing methods currently in use rely either on light or heat…
Purpose-built AI inference platform accelerates deep learning
Purpose-built AI inference platform accelerates deep learning
Technology News |
Team comes out of stealth to introduce innovative AI inference platform designed to deliver over 20M inferences per second at 20 W.
Amazon sets up AI science hub in Germany
Amazon sets up AI science hub in Germany
Technology News |
Amazon has teamed with Max Planck Gesellschaft (MPG) for its first Science Hub outside the US. Amazon scientists and Max Planck researchers in Germany will work jointly on applied research…
Samsung, Red Hat team on next-gen memory software technology
Samsung, Red Hat team on next-gen memory software technology
Business news |
Electronics corporation Samsung Electronics and open source software product provider Red Hat have announced a broad collaboration on software technologies for next-generation memory solutions.
Proof of concept brings augmented reality to driver monitoring systems
Proof of concept brings augmented reality to driver monitoring systems
Technology News |
A feasibility study by ams Osram shows ways to optimise driver monitoring systems for cars. The focus is on an augmented reality approach.
Digital twin of fusion reactor boosts clean energy development
Digital twin of fusion reactor boosts clean energy development
Technology News |
The Atomic Energy Authority and University of Manchester in the UK are using technology from Nvidia to build a life sized digital twin of a fusion reactor. The UK AEA…
Ultra-thin electrode for 1nm atomic transistors
Ultra-thin electrode for 1nm atomic transistors
Technology News |
Researchers in Korea have developed a 2D electrode that can be used for the next generation of 2D atomic transistors with features smaller than 1nm. The team at the Korea…


10s