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Semiconductors & ICs

Review the latest advances and technical briefs in Semiconductor and Integrated Circuit Systems (ICS) technologies essential to Design Engineers. Find new products and applications in semiconductors, electronics, electronic components, electronic circuits, integrated circuits, and ICS.

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White Papers: Green Design & Manufacturing
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Take the Struggle Out of Data Wrangling With JMP®

Data preparation: the unglamorous, time-consuming, laborious, and sometimes dreaded “dirty work” of statistical investigations. Thankfully, JMP users can perform wrangling operations...

INSIDER: Design

Researchers have developed a method of “wiring up” graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), a class of one-dimensional materials that are of interest in the scaling of microelectronic devices....

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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers

We live in an analog world of continuous information flow that is both processed and stored by our brains at the same time, but our electronic devices process...

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White Papers: Green Design & Manufacturing
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The Top 7 Myths That Lead to Really Bad Graphs

How is a "good" chart defined? What makes one chart better than another? How you answer may reveal what you believe about data visualization and impact your ability to design effective...

Articles: Electronics & Computers
Moving to a smarter manufacturing industry requires new technologies, including initiatives such as TSN for using Ethernet in real-time control applications.
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
See the new products, including Thine Electronics' serial transceiver, EBE Elektro-Bau-Elemente GmbH's level sensor, Melexis' ToF sensor, IQE's microLED display, and more.
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Briefs: AR/AI
Praneeth Namburi is a research scientist at the MIT.nano Immersion Lab. One project that bridges the physical and digital worlds uses VR simulations to train people to fabricate computer chips and semiconductors.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A Northwestern University research team has developed a revolutionary transistor that is expected be ideal for lightweight, flexible, high-performance bioelectronics. The electrochemical transistor is compatible with blood and water and can amplify important signals.
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White Papers: Software
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Accelerating Software-Defined Vehicles with SOAFEE

The Scalable Open Architecture for Embedded Edge (SOAFEE) is building the technical foundations to accelerate software-defined vehicles. Learn all about the achievements of SOAFEE during the...

Articles: Power
As the automotive sector continues to transition to a significant portion of their portfolio being electric, they must either build the needed test facilities to support this transition or update their current facilities.
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Articles: Photonics/Optics
While the promise of smaller, better, faster, lighter devices enabled by integrated photonics technologies is indeed the ultimate goal for AIM Photonics, the actual path to high-volume manufacturing isn’t necessarily a smooth ride for PIC designers, developers, and engineers.
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Articles: Photonics/Optics
Efficient and complete chamber cleaning processes are critical for the success of CVD/ALD processes.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Researchers have demonstrated an energy-efficient method for transferring larger quantities of data over the fiber-optic cables that connect the nodes. This new technology improves on previous attempts to transmit multiple signals simultaneously over the same fiber-optic cables.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A team of researchers led by electrical engineer Marko Lončar at SEAS has developed a method for building a highly efficient integrated isolator that’s seamlessly incorporated into an optical chip made of lithium niobate.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
MIT researchers have developed a quantum computing architecture that aims to enable extensible, high-fidelity communication between superconducting quantum processors.
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Briefs: Lighting
Researchers have developed a colloidal synthesis method for alkaline earth chalcogenides. This method allows them to control the size of the nanocrystals in the material.
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Briefs: Energy
Researchers have fabricated a novel device that could dramatically boost the conversion of heat into electricity. If perfected, the technology could help recoup some of the recoverable heat energy that is wasted in the U.S. at a rate of about $100 billion each year.
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INSIDER: Nanotechnology

The Big Data revolution has strained the capabilities of state-of-the-art electronic hardware, challenging engineers to rethink almost every aspect of the microchip. With ever...

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INSIDER: Nanotechnology

A tiny transistor enables device to acquire and transmit neurophysiologic brain signals while simultaneously providing power to the implanted device.

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Briefs: Materials
There’s still more to explore with REFLEX, but this process could open new possibilities for new materials and microstructures across fields from electronics to optics to biomedical engineering.
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INSIDER: Power

The U.S. electric grid is more than just power plants and transmission lines — it’s a web of connections among millions of small components, working together to allow you to...

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Quiz: Electronics & Computers
Integrated circuits (IC) are the fundamental building block of all modern electronic devices. So, how much do you know about ICs? Find out with this quiz.
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INSIDER: Design

Emerging AI applications, like chatbots that generate natural human language, demand denser, more powerful computer chips. But semiconductor chips are...

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INSIDER: Materials

Transistors are considered by some to be an invention just as important to humanity as the telephone, the light bulb, or the bicycle. Today, they are a crucial component in modern electronic devices,...

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Briefs: Medical
The cellulose nanofiber coating counters bending damage and retains electrode function under water.
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers

Purdue University engineers have developed a patent-pending tool to make the manufacture of ultrathin semiconductors more consistent, controllable, and...

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White Papers: Design
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Challenges Facing the Auto Industry Now and in the Future

The next decade may be the most exciting for the automotive industry, with carmakers, suppliers and consumers all witnessing changes and advancements coming at breakneck speed.

Special Reports: Green Design & Manufacturing
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Advanced Materials & Coatings - May 2023

Breakthroughs in plastics, composites, metals, and other materials technologies are enabling exciting new applications in industries ranging from aerospace to automotive to medical. Read more in this...

Quiz: Electronics & Computers
Test your knowledge about the facts, history, and individual elements of computer processors.
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