The semiconductor learning curve is one of the most perfect curves ever devised, Mentor CEO Wally Rhines told this week’s ITF2016 in Brussels, and even if Moore’s Law ends, as it must one day, the learning curve will live on. Adjusted for inflation, the curve has been consistent for 40 years, said Rhines, and the …
ITF2016: Imec and Solliance present first semi-transparent perovskite PV-module
Imec and its partner Solliance, presented today the first-ever semi-transparent perovskite PV-module, achieving power conversion efficiencies up to 12%. The technology enables for semi- transparent PV-windows which are a key towards Zero-Energy Buildings. Moreover, combining these semitransparent perovskite modules with Si solar cells, an unprecedented 20.2% in power conversion efficiency for a perovskite/Si stacked solar …
ITF2016: Imec and Solliance present first semi-transparent perovskite PV-module
ITF2016: Imec, Barco Silex seek IoT security
Imec, Holst Centre and Barco Silex are to collaborate to implement data security into sensors for wearables and IoT. Trust is key for a broad adoption. The smart society can only become a reality when the sensor technology is trusted by their users and the privacy of the users’ data is guaranteed at all time. …
ITF2016: GlobalFoundries goes for process leadership
GlobalFoundries is aiming to take industry process technology leadership at the 7nm node. One step in that direction is a 60% shrink in the 14nm to 7nm transition, Gary Patton, the company’s CTO and svp for R&D, told EW. Asked by Electronics Weekly how this was achieved, Patton replied: “We’re shrinking the pitches pretty aggressively.” …
DevBoard Watch: BeagleBone Green Wireless
Check out the new BeagleBone Green Wireless from SeeedStudio. Increasingly, dev boards come with built-in RF connectivity and the BeagleBone is following this path.
Webinar: Combining the Power of Functional Test and Embedded System Access
Only one month to go until the first Electronics Weekly webinar – Combining the Power of Functional Test and Embedded System Access Electronics Weekly has joined forces with Goepel Electronics to discuss one of the most serious problems in the area of test, the continuous decline in physical access to the I/O pins of ICs. Across a …
Webinar: Combining the Power of Functional Test and Embedded System Access
What can 10° colour space do for you?
To my shame, when I read that Osram was binning its new Solariq S 13 lighting led to the CIE2015 10° colour space, I didn’t know what the last bit of that statement meant. It turns out I am not alone, and part of the reason Osram is making this particular led is to educate …
GloFo Looks For 7nm Leadership
A pretty big shift could be about to happen in the semiconductor industry – IBM’s scientific prowess could be about to be unleashed on the market. GlobalFoundries is aiming to take industry process technology leadership at the 7nm node. For the first time, GloFo now reckons it can take industry process leadership using a proprietary, …
Raspberry Pi Hi-Fi tube amp just got better
Pi 2 Design the developer behind the 503HTA, Hybrid Tube AMP/DAC is a small Hat size Raspberry Pi add-on has upgraded the design to add new features. It has added an analogue line in the 503HTA can be used to the quality of a tube amplifier more audio sources. Standard 3.5mm jack takes in up to …
More on: TI’s unique 10MHz dc-dc topology
Texas Instruments has unveiled a dc-dc topology, for which it is claiming industry’s highest current density: 50A/cm3, for a 12V 10A 10MHz converter. The target was to shrink a high-current dc-dc converter; and the best known path to small size is to increase switching frequency to reduce the need for large inductors and capacitors. However, …