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Engineering

Color shifts at nanoscale: Researchers develop real-time visualization system to observe stretchable technology

A research team at POSTECH has developed a breakthrough technology that analyzes in real-time the deformation of "serpentine" structures, a critical component of stretchable technology, and visualizes the process through ...

Business

US probes China chip industry on 'anticompetitive' concerns

The United States said Monday it is opening an investigation into China's policies for its semiconductor industry, over concerns that Beijing is turning to "extensive anticompetitive and non-market means" to undermine other ...

Hardware

Engineers grow 'high-rise' 3D chips, enabling more efficient AI hardware

The electronics industry is approaching a limit to the number of transistors that can be packed onto the surface of a computer chip. So, chip manufacturers are looking to build up rather than out.

Electronics & Semiconductors

Shares in Japan chipmaker Kioxia jump 10% on Tokyo debut

Shares in Japanese chipmaker Kioxia closed 10 percent higher in Tokyo on Wednesday after an initial public offering that valued the firm at more than $5 billion.

Electronics & Semiconductors

Wearable energy harvester achieves 280 times efficiency boost

A team led by Prof. Jang Kyung-In from the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering (DGIST) has developed a three-dimensional stretchable piezoelectric energy harvester that can harvest electrical energy using ...

Engineering

Thin-film innovation promises tougher electronic devices

A research team has developed a next-generation thin-film material technology that significantly improves the durability of energy and electronic devices. This technology, which combines organic and inorganic materials in ...

Electronics & Semiconductors

US firms up $6.2 bn Micron funding to boost chipmaking

US President Joe Biden's administration finalized nearly $6.2 billion in funding for Micron Technology on Tuesday, firming up a deal to boost domestic semiconductor production before Donald Trump returns to the White House.

Electronics & Semiconductors

By tweaking materials, scientists create transistors that remember

A team of Johns Hopkins materials scientists made a surprising discovery that could change the way memory works in electronics. By tweaking the materials used in organic material-based logic switches called transistors, they ...

Electronics & Semiconductors

Battery-like computer memory keeps working above 1,000°F

Computer memory could one day withstand the blazing temperatures in fusion reactors, jet engines, geothermal wells and sweltering planets using a new solid-state memory device developed by a team of engineers led by the University ...

Business

China probes Nvidia for 'violating' anti-monopoly law

China on Monday launched an investigation into US chip giant Nvidia for allegedly violating its anti-monopoly laws, a top government agency said, as the two countries race for global chipmaking dominance.

Engineering

New strategy enhances 2D transistor dielectric layers

Transistors based on two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors, such as molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and tungsten diselenide (WSe2), could outperform conventional silicon-based transistors, while also being easier to reduce in size. ...

Business

China curbs exports of key chipmaking components to US

Beijing said Tuesday it would restrict exports to the United States of some key components in making semiconductors, after Washington announced curbs targeting China's ability to make advanced chips.

Engineering

Proof-of-concept study demonstrates self-assembling electronics

Researchers have demonstrated a new technique for self-assembling electronic devices. The proof-of-concept work was used to create diodes and transistors, and paves the way for self-assembling more complex electronic devices ...