03/29/2024
Wi-Fi 7: The Next Evolution of Wi-Fi
Learn all about seventh and latest generation of Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi 7, designed to offer increased data rates and lower latency, which is crucial for reliable connections in high-density areas.
02/21/2024
AI Can Now Help Design Electronic Circuit
The application of AI techniques in chip design is still in the early adopter phase. Learn how design engineers are exploring use cases and using AI to simplify complex problems as well as finding it particularly valuable in model development and validation for simulation.
02/07/2024
Will Standardization Make Li-Fi a Hot Item?
Learn about light fidelity—or Li-Fi—technology, which allows communications using light in locations where RF is not desirable or permitted. Intended to offload congestion from Wi-Fi, not replace it, Li-Fi employs modulated visible light from a light source such as an LED or a laser to transmit data, boosting the achievable throughput to up to 100 times that of Wi-Fi networks.
12/20/2023
Get Ready to Shift Left in Semiconductor Development
Find out what “shift left” is all about regarding semiconductor verification and validation testing. A methodology that seeks to find and fix bugs early in the development process rather than discovering them during post-release testing, it results in more streamlined designs, improved debugging, faster iteration times, higher quality designs and more.
11/27/2023
Chiplet Backers Are Building an Ecosystem for a New Era of Silicon
As some chip functions have reached their optimum performance for their circuit size, separating single SoC ASICs into different devices (called chiplets) is an effective alternative. Learn how function-specific chiplets deliver better performance at a reduced cost, higher yield and lower power allowing for greater design flexibility.
10/18/2023
Intel Unveils Glass Substrates in the Race to Power AI
By the end of the decade the semiconductor industry will likely reach its limits on being able to scale transistors on a silicon package using organic materials. Learn how Intel has figured out a way to rest processors on a bed of glass, enhancing component efficiency and performance.
09/27/2023
Recyclable PCBs that Minimize the Waste of Demo and Eval Boards
Everyone is interested in sustainability issues and creating a greener future. Discover how Soluboard, a recyclable and biodegradable PCB substrate based on natural fibers and a halogen-free polymer, reduces the carbon footprint in the electronics industry.
08/24/2023
MIT Researchers Develop Supercapacitor Made of Cement, Carbon Black and Water
MIT researchers have developed an energy-storing supercapacitor concrete, composed of cement, carbon black and water. Read about the environmental footprint, energy storage capacity and high energy rate capability implications as well as how it works and what the next steps in developing are to make this product a commercial reality.
07/24/2023
The Best of the Best at Sensors Converge 2023
Find out the winners of the Best of Sensors Awards at the recent Sensors Converge 2023, representing the best in sensor technologies and the sensor ecosystem. This year’s categories include Emerging Tech, Aerospace/Space, Industrial IoT, Cleantech/Sustainability, Data Acquisition and Analytics, AI/Machine Learning and more.
06/27/2023
SID Presents the "Oscars" of the Display Industry
In its 60th year, the Society for Information Display hosted its annual International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition—it’s “Oscar” ceremony—for excellence and innovation in the display industry. Read what news made this year’s headlines and who won in the categories of Best MicroLED-Based Technology, Best OLED Technology, Best Automotive Display, Best Component of the year and more.
05/26/2023
Metrology Options Change as Chips Get Smaller
Learn all about metrology—the science and process of ensuring that inspection can meet specified degrees of accuracy and precision—and its use in computer chip quality control at a time when sizes are decreasing and reliability demands are increasing.
05/03/2023
Room-Temperature Superconductors: Opportunities are Heating Up
Learn about superconducting materials that have been discovered at both a temperature and pressure low enough for practical applications and their use in magnetic levitation (maglev) trains, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) healthcare machines, particle accelerators as well as other possibilities in digital logic and memory device technology.
03/30/2023
Getting a Jump on WiFi 7
Learn how WiFi 7, projected to be four to five times faster than WiFi 6 and with a greater number of simultaneous connections, will provide speedier access for more demanding applications like high resolution video streaming, video calls, 4K/8K TV and smart-home devices.
03/01/2023
AI Will Revolutionize Search Engines
AI is looking to significantly impact the future global search engine market as powerhouses Microsoft, using OpenAI ChatGPT, and Google, with LaMDA technology, compete to become the most dominant search service.
02/09/2023
Component Counterfeiting: On the Verge of a Future Without Fakes?
Semiconductor counterfeiting may be a thing of the past as new “unbreakable” product authentication methods emerge, like physically unclonable functions, quantum dots, AS6081 and artificial intelligence technology.
