3 Dec 2009

Scientists predict the unpredictable to guide future nano-chip design
Scientists at the University of Glasgow, in collaboration with colleagues from Edinburgh, Manchester, Southampton and York universities, have developed technology, which will help microchip designers create future integrated circuits.
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5 Nov 2009

AdaptivEnergy and GainSpan Announce Technology Development Partnership
Energy harvesting innovator AdaptivEnergy and GainSpan® Corporation, a leader in low power Wi-Fi semiconductor solutions, have entered into a technology development partnership to further speed the development of energy harvesting to power Wi-Fi wireless sensor networks.
3 Nov 2009

Thin films and nanotechnology for power
Printed electronics and electrics will be a $335 billion business in twenty years, just for devices primarily made by printing with electronic inks. IDTechEx gives a summary of the projections.
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12 Oct 2009

Epson and E Ink announce a new addition to the EPD controller family
Seiko Epson Corporation and E Ink Corporation announced a new jointly developed display controller IC, the S1D13522, which provides a high performance, space saving solution for E Ink's Vizplex-enabled electronic paper displays.
External press release
1 Oct 2009

Prime View Int and E Ink Corp revise merger agreement
Prime View International and E Ink Corporation revise merger agreement
11 Aug 2009

Motoring without the gas station
Hybrid cars are a great success. In addition, pure electric cars are at last moving beyond the golf car and neighbourhood vehicle stage with serious volumes beginning to be sold.
28 Jul 2009

The USA's photovoltaics hub
The establishment of statewide solar programs and government incentives lead to a budding photovoltaic industry.
30 Jun 2009

Intel researches reduction in platform idle power
The company is on track to achieve up to 50 times reduction in platform idle power while reducing the board size by 2 times compared to Intel's first-generation "Menlow" platform.
26 Jun 2009

Organic photovoltaics promise more
Future generation organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology has the promise to be the low-cost renewable energy solution.
5 Jun 2009

Energy Harvesting and Storage Conference - Day Two
The second day of the IDTechEx conference on Energy Harvesting and Storage in Cambridge UK was dedicated to the technology roadmap.
1 Jun 2009

Prime View International agree to buy E Ink for $215 million
Prime View International ("PVI"), a small and medium display provider and the world's highest volume supplier of ePaper display modules, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire E Ink Corporation, the leader in electronic paper display materials and intellectual property for approximately $215 million.
30 Apr 2009

RF harvesting from ambient sources
Researchers at Intel, Seattle, have demonstrated harvesting RF power from a TV transmission tower to power a commercially available thermometer/hygrometer with LCD display.
30 Mar 2009

Breakthrough in producing printed memory
Thin Film Electronics, an Oslo, Norway-based Company with R&D facilities in Linkoping, Sweden, known as Thinfilm, and InkTec Co. Ltd , known as InkTec, have together made a breakthrough in producing printed memory on flexible substrates.
9 Mar 2009

Ultra low power electronics
Intel retains the record for device count in a single microprocessor.
23 Feb 2009

The hot applications for energy harvesting
IDTechEx finds that consumer applications are and will remain the greatest market for energy harvesting on small devices by value.
27 Nov 2008

Thin films enhance thermoelectrics
Nextreme reports that solid-state thermoelectric devices have long been sought after as a solution for challenging thermal management and energy harvesting problems.
26 Nov 2008

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.
28 Aug 2008

A World without wires
A World without wires is something that many of us dream about.
13 Aug 2008

Printed inorganic phase change memory
Materials used in CDs and DVDs form the basis of a technology that one day could replace flash memory cards used in laptops, cellphones, cameras and other electronic devices.