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Understanding the building blocks for an electronic brain

10/22/2018  Computer bits are binary, with a value of 0 or one. By contrast, neurons in the brain can have all kinds of different internal states, depending on the input that they received. This allows the brain to process information in a more energy-efficient manner than a computer. University of Groningen (UG) physicists are working on memristors, resistors with a memory, made from niobium-doped strontium titanate, which mimic how neurons work.

STMicroelectronics and Fidesmo bring secure contactless transactions to wearables in complete payment System-on-Chip

10/19/2018  STMicroelectronics and Fidesmo, the contactless-services developer and Mastercard Approved Global Vendor, have created a turnkey active solution for secure contactless payments on smart watches and other wearable technology.

ULVAC and the CIA: A sensing story about food and agriculture

10/19/2018  ULVAC Technologies’ David Mount is working with The CIA. Is he the Jack Reacher of the MEMS and sensors industry, jetting around the world to secret meetings, you wonder?

Cybersecurity critical to success of MEMS and sensors suppliers

10/18/2018  Cynthia Wright, a retired military officer with over 25 years of experience in national security and cyber strategy and policy, now Principal Cyber Security Engineer at The MITRE Corporation, will give the opening keynote at the upcoming MEMS & Sensors Executive Congress, October 29-30, 2018 in Napa, Calif.

Electrical enhancement: Engineers speed up electrons in semiconductors

10/17/2018  Researchers from Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) have sped up the movement of electrons in organic semiconductor films by two to three orders of magnitude. The speedier electronics could lead to improved solar power and transistor use across the world, according to the scientists.

New memristor boosts accuracy and efficiency for neural networks on an atomic scale

10/16/2018  A new parallel processing approach for building resistance-based artificial synapses promises to ramp up efficiency and accuracy by making memristors as thin as a single atom.

New reservoir computer marks first-ever microelectromechanical neural network application

10/16/2018  Researchers used oscillations from a microscopic beam of silicon to enable the nonlinear dynamics that allow neural networks to complete tasks ranging from processing image patterns to recognizing words.

Perovskites: Materials of the future in optical communication

10/16/2018  High performance and stable all? Inorganic metal halide perovskite-based photodetectors for optical communication applications.

Gartner identifies the Top 10 strategic technology trends for 2019

10/15/2018  Analysts explore top industry trends at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2018, October 14-18 in Orlando.

Dynamic Fault Detection: Utilizing AI and IoT to revolutionize manufacturing

10/15/2018  A new approach in Fault Detection and Classification (FDC) allows engineers to uncover issues more thoroughly and accurately by taking advantage of full sensor traces.

Micron Foundation announces $1M grant to advance curiosity in artificial intelligence

10/11/2018  The grant was announced at the inaugural Micron Insight 2018 conference where the technology industry's top minds gathered in San Francisco to discuss the future of AI, machine learning and data science, and how memory technology is essential in bringing intelligence to life.

Study opens route to flexible electronics made from exotic materials

10/10/2018  Cost-effective method produces semiconducting films from materials that outperform silicon.

Automating 200mm semiconductor fabs to meet growing demand

10/10/2018  SEMI met with Heinz Martin Esser, managing director at Fabmatics GmbH, to discuss how existing 200mm semiconductor fabs can master the challenges of a 24x7 production under highest cost and quality pressure by implementing intralogistics automation solutions.

Intel collaborates on new AI research center at Technion, Israel’s Technological Institute

10/09/2018  Technion, Israel’s technological institute, announced this week that Intel is collaborating with the institute on its new artificial intelligence (AI) research center.

CMOS image sensors: Yole Développement is increasing its forecasts again

10/04/2018  2017 saw aggregated CIS industry revenue of US$13.9 billion. And 5 years later, the consulting company Yole announces more than US$ 23 billion.

Boron nitride separation process could facilitate higher efficiency solar cells

10/04/2018  A team of semiconductor researchers based in France has used a boron nitride separation layer to grow indium gallium nitride (InGaN) solar cells that were then lifted off their original sapphire substrate and placed onto a glass substrate.

MSEC Tech Showcase to highlight MEMS & sensors innovations

10/04/2018  MEMS & Sensors Industry Group announces Technology Showcase finalists for MEMS & Sensors Executive Congress.

DRAM market braces for slower growth

10/03/2018  History suggests that DRAM ASP and market growth will soon trend downward; suppliers cautious and stand ready to adjust capex expansion plans.

Smart devices could soon tap their owners as a battery source

09/28/2018  The world is edging closer to a reality where smart devices are able to use their owners as an energy resource, say experts from the University of Surrey.

Photonic chips harness sound waves to speed up local networks

09/27/2018  Acoustic noise in chips used to be a nuisance. Now scientists at the University of Sydney Nano Institute have developed a technique to put it to use in receivers of information in fibre-optic networks.




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Environment, Safety & Health

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The semiconductor industry is an acknowledged global leader in promoting environmental sustainability in the design, manufacture, and use of its products, as well as the health and safety of its operations and impacts on workers in semiconductor facilities (fabs). We will examine trends and concerns related to emissions, chemical use, energy consumption and worker safety and health.

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Wafer Processing

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As the industry moves to 10nm and 7nm nodes, advances in wafer processing – etch, deposition, planarization, implant, cleaning, annealing, epitaxy among others – will be required. Manufacturers are looking for new solutions for sustained strain engineering, FinFETs, FDSOI and multi-gate technologies, 3D NAND, and high mobility transistors.

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