09/07/2017  Healthcare is facing one of its major turning points in decades. After penetrating the consumer market, the digital revolution and its related IoT concept is rapidly changing health models.

09/06/2017  Speakers to explore biomedical, automotive, agriculture and smart home, November 1-2 in Napa Valley, Calif.

09/06/2017  Slated for September 18-20 in San Jose, Calif., the 18th annual SMC “offers a unique chance to network and discover opportunities in and around the industry in a year where dramatic growth has returned to the semiconductor market,” observes SMC 2017 co-chair Mark Thirsk of Linx Consulting, who will provide opening remarks at the conference.

09/05/2017  FlexTech, a SEMI strategic association partner, will host a one-day Flexible Hybrid Electronics and Sensors Automotive Industry workshop in Detroit, Michigan on September 13, 2017 to explore how FHE adds functionality, decreases weight and impacts design. Automotive and electronics industry leaders will gather to discuss the market demands and challenges with automotive technology and present disruptive changes brought by flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) and sensors.

09/05/2017  STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced the integration of its contactless NFC technology with MediaTek's mobile platforms.

09/05/2017  Leti today announced that the European R&D project known as PiezoMAT has developed a pressure-based fingerprint sensor that enables resolution more than twice as high as currently required by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

09/01/2017  A dozen performer teams with DARPA’s CHIPS program convene to kick off an ambitious push for an era of versatile, plug-and-play "chiplets."

09/01/2017  In 2018, 7.7 percent growth is expected, resulting in another record-breaking year—totaling $53.2 billion for the global semiconductor equipment market.

09/01/2017  Packing tiny solar cells together, like micro-lenses in the compound eye of an insect, could pave the way to a new generation of advanced photovoltaics, say Stanford University scientists.

08/31/2017  Spending for DRAM expected to show biggest percentage gain in 2017.

08/31/2017  STMicroelectronics has strengthened its ecosystem through a Partner Program that connects customers with qualified technical specialists capable of strategically supporting their projects.

08/30/2017  Qualcomm Incorporated and Himax Technologies, Inc. today jointly announced a collaboration to accelerate the development and commercialization of a high resolution, low power active 3D depth sensing camera system to enable computer vision capabilities for use cases such as biometric face authentication, 3D reconstruction, and scene perception for mobile, IoT, surveillance, automotive and AR/VR.

08/30/2017  Rutgers materials scientists discover powerful effect that could benefit robotics, aviation, medicine and other fields.

08/29/2017  Five companies compete for attendee votes at SEMI European MEMS & Sensors Summit, September 20-22, 2017, Grenoble, France.

08/29/2017  Despite its age and maturity, the automotive market has witnessed many unexpected developments over the past two years. And as has always been the case, safety drives the market.

08/29/2017  Unlike the slow ferroelastic domain switching expected for ceramics, high-speed sub-microsecond ferroelastic domain switching and simultaneous lattice deformation are directly observed for the Pb(Zr0.4Ti0.6)O3 thin films. This exciting finding paves the way for high-frequency ultrafast electromechanical switches and sensors.

08/25/2017  SparkLabs Group, a network of accelerators and funds, is launching a $50 million early-stage fund (Series A & B) primarily focused on South Korea.

08/25/2017  Improvements to tiny body-on-a-chip devices could lead to next-generation pre-clinical testing of drug toxicity.

08/24/2017  Sales of smartwatches to total 41.5 million units in 2017.

08/23/2017  The initiative instructs student farmers how to use Internet of Things and blockchain technologies to track the conditions and movement of produce from “Farm to Fork” to make decisions that improve quality, yields, and profitability.