Electronics & Semiconductors

Intel said it saw "explosive" growth in demand for its computer chips in the past quarter, helping boost revenue above forecasts US semiconductor giant Intel on Thursday said it took in more money than expected in the first quarter amid "explosive" growth in demand for computer chips. Intel revenue was...

Credit: Wake Forest University Imagine a foldable smartphone or a rollable tablet device that is powerful, reliable and, perhaps most importantly, affordable. New research directed by Wake Forest University scientists and published today in the journal Nature Communications has led to a method for both pinpointing and eliminating the sources...

Highly luminescent and stable alpha-FAPbI3 perovskite via HCOO- anion engineering. Credit: Jin Young Kim (UNIST) Perovskites are hybrid compounds that can be made from metal halides and organic constituents. Their attractive structural and electronic properties have placed them at the forefront of materials' research, with enormous potential for transforming a...

A shortage of the semiconductor chips that serve as the brainpower in millions of electronic devices has stalled the production of everything from cars to cell phones and sent companies racing to buy up as many of the chips as possible, before supply runs out. Credit: Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University A...

The sudden lack of rain is making a bad situation worse for a manufacturing process that uses billions of gallons of water a year to stave off contamination of its products In the foothills of Taiwan's mountainous spine, reservoirs are running dry as the island experiences its worst drought in...

Samsung led a surging smartphone market in the first quarter with consumers looking for upgrades and 5G handsets, a research firm says Global smartphone sales snapped back in the first quarter of the year to show the strongest growth since 2015, a market tracker said Tuesday. Strategy Analytics said smartphone...

Composite lens made of nanocellulose for 6G frequency, about 800 antennas. Credit: University of Oulu The amount of electronics in the world is growing. It is important to study how we could made electronics more sensibly and more sustainably in comparison with the current production method. What will new technology...

It is not yet clear exactly what caused the fire, which struck in March Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics said Monday it was on track to restore full capacity by May after a plant fire, as manufacturers around the world battle to secure semiconductor supplies. By the end of this week,...

Japanese chip manufacturer Renesas on Saturday restarted production about a month after a factory fire that threatens to worsen a global chip shortage Japanese chip manufacturer Renesas on Saturday restarted production about a month after a factory fire that threatens to worsen a global chip shortage, local media said. The...

Recent USU graduate Tarak Saha and three other researchers from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department were issued a patent last month for a DC current source-based power converter. Credit: Steve Johnson A team of researchers from Utah State University's Power Electronics Lab have developed a DC current-to-DC voltage power...

Jian He is an associate professor in Clemson University's Department of Physics and Astronomy. Credit: Clemson University College of Science Thermoelectrics directly convert heat into electricity and power a wide array of items—from NASA's Perseverance rover currently exploring Mars to travel coolers that chill beverages. A Clemson University physicist has...

The wearable transmitter is designed to compress its top layer in a double arch pattern, shown here, to respond to movement without compromising signal transmission. Credit: Huanyu Cheng, Penn State Current research on flexible electronics is paving the way for wireless sensors that can be worn on the body and...

Credit: Li et al. Over the past decade or so, the semimetal graphene has attracted substantial interest among electronics engineers due to its many advantageous qualities and characteristics. In fact, its high electron mobility, flexibility and stability make it particularly desirable for the development of next-generation electronics. Despite its advantageous...

Marc Teyssier with the anthropomorphic Webcam "Eyecam". Credit: Thorsten Mohr A team of computer scientists from Saarland University has used an innovative design approach to critically question new sensory technologies that have become part of everyday life. With Eyecam, they present the prototype of a webcam that not only looks...

Scientists develop biofuel cells that can power wearable electronics purely by using human sweat. Credit: Karolina Grabowska from Pexels It cannot be denied that, over the past few decades, the miniaturization of electronic devices has taken huge strides. Today, after pocket-size smartphones that could put old desktop computers to shame...

A LED-based haptic film developed by ETRI. Credit: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) A Korean research team succeeded in developing a technology generating various vibration using LED light signals. The technology allows various tactile sensations by area and reduction in size by considerably lowering the cost of light source,...

Researchers have developed tattoos which change colour when there is a certain amount of glucose or albumin in the blood, or when the pH level of the blood changes to a certain level. Credit: Dr Ali Kemal Yetisen Researchers are developing wearable devices to transform the way we monitor, diagnose...

President Joe Biden participates virtually in the CEO Summit on Semiconductor and Supply Chain Resilience in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, April 12, 2021, in Washington. Seated with Biden are Daleep Singh, Deputy National Security Adviser and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, clockwise from bottom...

Intel and Udelv are aiming for 35,000 driverless "Transporters" by 2028 Intel on Monday said it is supplying self-driving systems to Silicon Valley startup Udelv, which plans to have a fleet of autonomous delivery vehicles in action within two years. Udelv and the Mobileye unit at Intel aim to produce...

National Economic Council Director Brian Deese will be among the top Biden administration officials hosting a summit Monday on the global semiconductor shortage The White House will hold a virtual summit with leading CEOs on Monday to discuss the global semiconductor shortage that has crimped automakers and electronics companies, officials...