Foundry

IBM announces major breakthrough with silicon nanophotonics

IBM has announced a major advance in the ability to use light instead of electrical signals to transmit information for future computing.

AMO GmbH

Amo GmbH is a research foundry. They focus on providing R&D services in the area of nanofabrication. They are currently working on graphene transistors too (not the fabrication part) and have reported promising results.

NYSERDA awards $1.2M contract to MicroGen Systems, Inc.

NYSERDA has awarded $1,200,000 to MicroGen Systems, Inc. to commercialize its energy harvesters.

European collaboration fast-track organic & large-area electronics

European collaboration to fast-track success of organic and large-area electronics

Graphene nanocomposite a bridge to better batteries

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have created a graphene and tin nanoscale composite material for high-capacity energy storage in renewable lithium ion batteries.

Graphene nanocomposite a bridge to better batteries

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have created a graphene and tin nanoscale composite material for high-capacity energy storage in renewable lithium ion batteries. By encapsulating tin between sheets of graphene, the researchers constructed a new, lightweight "sandwich" structure that should bolster battery performance.

Low cost hybrid thermoelectrics

Although climate-controlled car seats don't spring to mind when you think of energy efficiency, the latest technology underpinning this luxury automobile feature is based on thermoelectrics—materials that convert electricity directly into heating or cooling.

Graphene films clear major fabrication hurdle

Graphene films clear major fabrication hurdle

Berkeley researchers light up white OLEDS

Light-emitting diodes, which employ semiconductors to produce artificial light, could reduce electricity consumption and lighten the impact of greenhouse gas emissions. However, moving this technology beyond traffic signals and laser pointers to illumination for office buildings and homes—the single largest use of electricity—requires materials that emit bright, white light cheaply and efficiently. White light is the mix of all the colors, or wavelengths, in the visible spectrum.

Imec and Altos collaborate on chip design and prototyping service

Imec and Altos Design Automation, Inc. has announced that they have entered into an agreement to set up a library re-characterization service based on Altos ultra-fast characterization tools.

Essensium N.V., IMEC spin-off, joins Wavenis Open Standard Alliance

Essensium N.V., a fabless provider of low power System-on-Chip (SOC) solutions, today announced it has joined the Wavenis Open Standard Alliance (Wavenis-OSA), as a Participating Member, enabling them to positively influence the voting committees as the first semiconductor member, all the while continuing its partnership with Coronis S.A.S. to complete Coronis' first Wavenis compliant SOC.

Terepac begins pilot production of printed silicon integrated circuits

Terepac scientists have developed a novel and extremely powerful approach for handling micro-thin, small form factor ICs such as those desired for RFID.

New method to measure how strain affects semiconductors developed

Chip firms are always looking to gain an edge over their competitors in a market worth over $100 billion a year and the one silicon strategy for faster chips that has proven to be cost effective in mass production is - strained silicon.

RFID in China - the biggest RFID market this year

This year, for the first time, China has become the world's largest market for RFID by value. A new report