
15 Jul 2025
New Report: Quantum Computing Market 2026-2046
Quantum computing promises a revolution in computational capabilities. This accessible quantum computing market report evaluates key technologies, companies, drivers for growth and adoption barriers across this emerging industry. Multiple competing quantum computer technologies are assessed: superconducting, silicon-spin, photonic, trapped ion, neutral atom, topological, diamond defect, and annealing. Detailed SWOT analysis, company roadmaps, and benchmarking are provided for each modality, along with twenty-year market forecast outlining the prospects of each.

15 Jul 2025
Thermal Strategies for 2.5D and 3D Semiconductor Packaging
In this article, IDTechEx explores the power and thermal challenges associated with 3D-stacked chips, as well as the emerging solution trends the industry is adopting or proposing for both 2.5D and 3D packaging technologies. The insights are based on IDTechEx's latest report, "Thermal Management for Advanced Semiconductor Packaging 2026-2036: Technologies, Markets, and Opportunities", which offers a comprehensive analysis of thermal management strategies for advanced semiconductor packaging technologies.

15 Jul 2025
Dispersions Hold the Key for Carbon Nanotube Success
This article covers the importance of dispersion technology for enabling carbon nanotube enhanced technology, including energy storage and composites. IDTechEx discusses the key applications requiring CNT dispersions, commercial successes and technical challenges.

11 Jul 2025
How AI is Transforming the Materials Industry
How AI transforms materials discovery: Why data quality, lab digitization, and inverse design are critical for next-gen alloys, batteries, and beyond - this article offers key insights from industry leaders.

11 Jul 2025
New Report: Thermal Management for Electric Vehicles 2026-2036
The new IDTechEx report "Thermal Management for Electric Vehicles 2026-2036: Materials, Markets, and Technologies" analyses thermal management approaches for electric vehicle batteries, motors, power electronics, and the vehicle as a whole. A deep dive is taken into OEM strategies, materials, fluids, and technologies. 10 year granular market forecasts are included segmented by technology.

11 Jul 2025
The Characteristics and Complexities of Carbon Nanotubes
Carbon nanotubes exist within the advanced carbon family, which consists of many types and dimensions. This article explores some of the main applications and manufacturing methods for carbon nanotubes.

10 Jul 2025
Sustainability Drivers for Semiconductors and Data Centers
With the increasing demand for semiconductors and data centers as memory and storage applications grow, there is a need for increased sustainability efforts. This article explores various approaches to reducing energy and emissions in semiconductor manufacturing processes and data centers.

10 Jul 2025
Gravimetry, the Next Evolution of MEMS Accelerometers?
Could MEMS gravimeters be the next breakthrough in the MEMS industry? Gravimeters unlock subsurface scanning by measuring tiny deviations in local gravitational fields. Current gravimeters are large and expensive, but IDTechEx's latest report, "Next-Generation MEMS 2026-2036: Markets, Technologies, and Players", reveals that microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) could bring chip-scale gravimeters to market and dramatically alter the field of gravimetry.

10 Jul 2025
New Report: Software-Defined Vehicles, Connected Cars, & AI in Cars
The automotive industry is undergoing a foundational shift toward software-defined vehicles (SDVs), where functionality, value, and user experience are increasingly governed by software rather than hardware. IDTechEx's new market report, "Software-Defined Vehicles, Connected Cars, and AI in Cars 2026-2036: Markets, Trends, and Forecasts", offers a comprehensive analysis of this transformation, covering the evolution of in-vehicle electrical/electronic (E/E) architecture, connectivity platforms, feature monetization models, and long-term market forecasts.

09 Jul 2025
US Export Controls on AI Chips Boost Domestic Innovation in China
IDTechEx explores the rising hardware and energy requirements needed for training today's largest AI models, and how nations are competing to stay ahead. This article discusses the sanctions the US has imposed on China, and how China is navigating these.

09 Jul 2025
Key Developments in Electrolyzer Stack Components for Green Hydrogen
This article explores the key technological advancements in the critical components within the water electrolyzer stacks. Drawing from the comprehensive IDTechEx report, "Materials for Green Hydrogen Production 2026-2036: Technologies, Players, Forecasts", it focuses on recent innovations in core components including separators and membranes, electrodes and MEAs, bipolar plates, and porous transport layers. The analysis highlights how developments in these materials and designs are vital for improving the overall efficiency, durability, and cost-effectiveness of green hydrogen production, thereby accelerating its widespread adoption.

08 Jul 2025
Advancing ADAS Systems and Levelling Up Autonomy
Automation levels from 1 to 5 can be seen in almost all types of vehicles manufactured today. This article explores the primary shifts happening between levels 2 and 3, and the automation landscape globally.

08 Jul 2025
Upcoming Webinar on The Future of MEMS Gyroscopes
Webinar: The Future of MEMS Gyroscopes
Presenter: Mika Takahashi, Technology Analyst, IDTechEx
Date: Thursday 24th July 2025
Choose your preferred time zone - the webinar runs three times during the day.

08 Jul 2025
Three Extraction Technologies Enabling High Value Lignin Applications
Lignin, once largely burned for energy, is now being explored as a valuable input for a wide range of green applications. In this article, IDTechEx provides insight into three lignin extraction technologies enabling new applications. All are approaching commercialization.

07 Jul 2025
Brand New Report: Additives for Li-ion Batteries & PFAS-Free Batteries
The new independent IDTechEx report, "Additives for Li-ion Batteries and PFAS-Free Batteries 2026-2036" offers an in-depth analysis of the evolving market for binders, conductive additives, and electrolyte additives. It examines the impact of PFAS regulation, new production methods, and silicon anodes, with 10-year forecasts projecting the market to exceed US$18 billion by 2036.

07 Jul 2025
Google Purchases 200MW of Fusion Power from US$2 Billion Startup
In this article, IDTechEx analyzes the potential of fusion energy in powering future data centers, motivated by the recent announcement that Google has agreed to purchase 200MW of fusion power from a prominent startup in the early 2030s.

07 Jul 2025
Composite Materials in Green Energy: Enabling Technologies and Address
Composite materials are increasingly being used to innovate green energy technologies, from advancing wind turbine blades, to enabling lighter and more efficient electric vehicles. In this article, IDTechEx Technology Analyst Maia Benstead explores the key sustainability trends driving the uptake of fiber reinforced polymer composites across a range of clean energy sectors.

07 Jul 2025
Humanoid Robots: Players, Technical Overview and Outlook
In this video, IDTechEx analyst Yulin Wang talks you through the state-of-play of humanoid robots.

04 Jul 2025
Innovation and Investments for Decarbonization Materials
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for carbon capture, green hydrogen, and sustainable composites for wind energy are all technologies and materials contributing to decarbonization processes. This article covers some of the developments being made within these industries.

03 Jul 2025
Emerging Extraction Technologies for Under-Radar Oil and Gas Reserves
One solution to growing economic uncertainty, energy price increases, and fuel uncertainty may be turning towards oil and gas reserves that have previously been untapped. This article covers technologies including carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery and gas separation membranes.

03 Jul 2025
Will More OEMs Drive the Fuel Cell Car Market Upwards?
As battery technology rapidly advances in cost, performance, and reliability, fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are struggling to gain market traction. While FCEVs are seen as ideal for long-haul trucking, they aim to break into the larger passenger car market. IDTechEx explores their potential in this space by examining automaker strategies, past trends, and tech comparisons

03 Jul 2025
Data Centers, AI, and Efficiency - IDTechEx Covers Memory and Storage
There is an increasing need for efficient and scalable storage, necessary to keep up with the increasing demands of data storage that is becoming more prevalent each year. This article covers developments and demand for data centers, AI, and edge computing.

02 Jul 2025
3D Woven Thermal Protection - Weaving the Future of Space Exploration
3D weaving is emerging as one of the cutting-edge options for spacecraft thermal protection. Could these technologies mark a significant breakthrough and a paradigm shift in the field of thermal protection systems?

02 Jul 2025
New Report: Thermal Management for Advanced Semiconductor Packaging
The new market report "Thermal Management for Advanced Semiconductor Packaging 2026-2036: Technologies, Markets, and Opportunities" provides critical market intelligence on the power and thermal management challenges of advanced semiconductor packaging (2.5D and 3D), novel thermal materials, and the trend of liquid cooling solutions.

01 Jul 2025
The Rise of Collaborative Robots: Technical and Commercial Insights
Collaborative robots (cobots), driven by AI, machine vision, and modular designs, are revolutionizing smart factories by enhancing human-robot collaboration, achieving 95%+ accuracy in tasks, and targeting a US$29.8 billion market by 2035.

01 Jul 2025
New Webinar: Transforming Renewable Energy with Advanced Composites
Webinar: Stronger, Lighter, Greener: Transforming Renewable Energy with Advanced Composites
Date: Thursday 17 July 2025
Presenter: Maia Benstead, Technology Analyst, IDTechEx

01 Jul 2025
A Future of Sunlight-Powered Cars and Hydrogen-Fuelled Planes
Nuclei and sun-powered vehicles, emission-free data center ecosystems, and hydrogen-fuelled planes are just some of the potential building blocks of a cleaner energy future. This article explores the future possibilities of developing energy technologies.

01 Jul 2025
Innovations in White Biotechnology and Bioplastics
White biotechnology refers to the use of biological systems for the industrial production of bio-based products, aiming to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and lower the carbon footprint of materials. This article covers main feedstocks and the molecules made via white biotechnology.

30 Jun 2025
How Tariffs & Regulation Impact Li-ion Battery Recycling in US & EU
Li-ion battery (LIB) recyclers have continued to gather large volumes of new funding, form new strategic partnerships, and commission large-scale facilities over the last few years. This article explores how tariffs and policy changes may affect the US market and analyzes the likelihood of EU LIB recyclers and automotive OEMs reaching minimum recycled contents targets as mandated by the EU Battery Regulation.

30 Jun 2025
Brand New IDTechEx Market Report: Next-Generation MEMS 2026-2036
This US$15 billion industry has grown and reached maturity in many sectors, but what are the technologies on the horizon that could be the next big leap forward for MEMS? This brand-new report by IDTechEx focuses on the cutting-edge next-generation MEMS technologies that are preparing to disrupt the industry, highlighting 3 key areas

27 Jun 2025
The Growing Landscape of Metal-Organic Frameworks Explored by IDTechEx
Carbon capture presents opportunities for MOFs in both point source and direct air capture which are necessary for meeting net zero goals. This article explores the different applications for MOFs, and their production processes.

27 Jun 2025
A Future of Fusion - IDTechEx Covers Nuclear Fusion
Nuclear fusion describes a reaction that takes place in which two or more atomic nuclei are fused to form one or more nuclei and some neutrons, and could provide continuous green energy. This article explores the processes, market drivers, and landscape of fusion energy.

26 Jun 2025
Advanced Sensors for Battery Packs Market set to Exceed US$200 Million
Conventional battery pack sensors measure the voltage, current and temperature of cells within the pack. However, it is increasingly clear that additional sensors would significantly enhance safety and allow for early warning and even prevention of thermal runaway, and in turn battery fires, in electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage systems (ESS). Gas sensors, pressure sensors, moisture sensors, humidity sensors and aerosol sensors can all play a role.

26 Jun 2025
Can Sustainable Steel Be Achieved? IDTechEx Explores Green Steel
Steel production is responsible for around 10% of global CO2 emissions, and demand continues to grow. This article covers the methods of producing green steel and its decarbonization benefits.

26 Jun 2025
Innovative Ionomers - IDTechEx Explores Ion Exchange Membranes
The porous structures of ion exchange membranes with ionically charged chemical side chains allow them to selectively transport specific ions while blocking others. This article covers technologies and key applications of ion exchange membranes.

25 Jun 2025
Strategic Silicon: Geopolitics Is Redirecting Semiconductor Investment
At IDTechEx, we closely track the global semiconductor and computing landscape, spanning advanced silicon nodes, HPC (High Performance Computing) hardware, AI, advanced semiconductor packaging, photonics, and quantum computing. This article examines how geopolitical tensions are redirecting global investments in advanced semiconductor technologies, reshaping the semiconductor supply chain in pursuit of technological sovereignty.