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Panasonic Develops MEGTRON 8 Multi-Layer Circuit Board Materials Featuring Low Transmission Loss for High-Speed Communication Networking Equipment

“Panasonic Corporation announced today that its Industry Company has developed MEGTRON 8[1] Multi-Layer Circuit Board Materials Featuring Low Transmission Loss [2], designed for high-speed communication networking equipment such as routers and switches. The worldwide deployment of the fifth-generation mobile …

Polymer upcycling of common plastic adds toughness, recyclability to structural adhesives

“Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory used polymer chemistry to transform a common household plastic into a reusable adhesive with a rare combination of strength and ductility, making it one of the toughest materials ever …

Quantum computing in silicon hits 99 per cent accuracy

“UNSW Sydney-led research paves the way for large silicon-based quantum processors for real-world manufacturing and application. Australian researchers have proven that near error-free quantum computing is possible, paving the way to build silicon-based quantum devices compatible with current semiconductor manufacturing …

Raspberry Pi Direct: buy RP2040 in bulk from just $0.70

“Almost exactly a year ago, we launched Raspberry Pi Pico, the first product powered by our own microcontroller, RP2040. Since then, we’ve sold nearly 1.5 million Picos, and thousands of you have used RP2040 in your own electronic …

Reasserting U.S. leadership in microelectronics

“MIT researchers lay out a strategy for how universities can help the U.S. regain its place as a semiconductor superpower. The global semiconductor shortage has grabbed headlines and caused a cascade of production bottlenecks that have driven up prices …

Researchers Use Electrically Responsive Fluid to Make Eye-Like Adaptive Lens

“Simple and lightweight lens could be useful for mobile phone cameras, endoscopes and more Researchers have developed an adaptive liquid lens based on a new electrically responsive fluid called dibutyl adipate (DBA) that changes focal length when a voltage is …

Samsung Introduces Game Changing Exynos 2200 Processor With Xclipse GPU Powered By AMD RDNA 2 Architecture

“The new premium mobile processor comes with hardware-accelerated ray tracing and state of the art Arm-based processing technology Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced its new premium mobile processor, the Exynos 2200. The Exynos 2200 …

Scientists achieve key elements for fault-tolerant quantum computation in silicon spin qubits

“Researchers from RIKEN and QuTech—a collaboration between TU Delft and TNO— have achieved a key milestone toward the development of a fault-tolerant quantum computer. They were able to demonstrate a two-qubit gate fidelity of 99.5 percent—higher than …

Scientists overcome a hurdle on the path to renewable-energy storage

“EPFL scientists have observed how catalysts behave at the particle level during water electrolysis. Catalysts play a crucial role in this reaction, in which water splits into hydrogen and oxygen. By shedding light on the underlying mechanism of the functional …

Semiconductor spin qubits gain further credibility as leading platform for quantum computing

“Researchers at QuTech—a collaboration between the Delft University of Technology and TNO—have taken an important step for semiconductor spin qubits by surpassing the 99% barrier for two-qubit gate fidelity. They report on their findings in Nature on 20 …