04/27/2017  Phone companies shipped a total of 347.4 million smartphones worldwide in the first quarter of 2017 (1Q17).

04/24/2017  Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) today announced two high frequency, low noise MEMS accelerometers designed specifically for industrial condition monitoring applications.

04/18/2017  InvenSense, Inc., a provider of MEMS sensor platforms, today announced that all necessary regulatory clearances have been received for the acquisition by TDK Corporation of InvenSense.

04/17/2017  New technique using nano-antennas to make photonic integrated devices smaller with a broader working wavelength range could transform optical communications.

04/13/2017  Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. announced today the opening of its latest Process and Applications laboratory at the K&S Netherlands facility.

04/12/2017  Despite the many advances in portable electronic devices, one thing remains constant: the need to plug them into a wall socket to recharge. Now researchers, reporting in the journal ACS Nano, have developed a light-weight, paper-based device inspired by the Chinese and Japanese arts of paper-cutting that can harvest and store energy from body movements.

04/10/2017  A research collaboration in Germany develops a prototype for a spin-wave majority logic gate that uses wave interference for information processing.

04/05/2017  A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has created a three-dimensional, tactile sensor that could detect wide pressure ranges from human body weight to a finger touch. This new sensor with transparent features is capable of generating an electrical signal based on the sensed touch actions, also, consumes far less electricity than conventional pressure sensors.

04/04/2017  Nanowire ink enables flexible, programmable electronics on materials like paper, plastic or fabric.

03/31/2017  Series of nine white papers mark milestone effort for strategic initiative that identifies challenges and solutions to help guide future roadmaps.

03/30/2017  Leti, a research institute of CEA Tech, is marking its 50th anniversary this year during industry events and workshops in Grenoble, Tokyo, and Taipei and at both SEMICON West and IEDM 2017 in San Francisco.

03/28/2017  ams today announced the AS7225 tunable-white lighting smart system sensor, further broadening the solution set for sensor-integrated tunable-white lighting solutions.

03/27/2017  The selection recognizes Dr. Kim's leadership and strategic vision, as well as his undeniable impact in the semiconductor industries.

03/24/2017  Glass can bend over and over again on a nanoscale.

03/20/2017  It takes a range of skills to create a successful business in the Internet of Things space, where chips sell for a few dollars and competition is intense. Circuit design and software support for multiple wireless standards must combine with manufacturing capabilities.

03/15/2017  STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor and a top MEMS supplier, and iFLYTEK, a voice-recognition cloud service provider in China, have introduced the market's first IoT development platform that enables voice-recognition cloud services in Chinese.

03/09/2017  Imec and Holst Centre (initiated by imec and TNO) have developed a novel phase-tracking receiver bringing further power and cost reduction for the next generations of Bluetooth and IEEE802.15.4 radio chips.

03/08/2017  Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have, for the first time ever, produced a composite material combining silicon nanosheets and a polymer that is both UV-resistant and easy to process.

03/08/2017  ST and Eutelsat complete development of chip for Eutelsat's next-generation SmartLNB.

03/07/2017  In a significant advance, particularly within the microelectronics realm, University of Massachusetts Amherst engineers have established electrical surface treatment of conducting thin films as a physical processing method to reduce surface roughness.