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Nexperia unveils industry’s first coin cell battery life and power booster

“Nexperia, the expert in essential semiconductors, has just introduced the NBM7100 and NBM5100, revolutionary new types of battery life boosting ICs designed to extend the life of a typical non-rechargeable lithium coin cell battery by up to 10x compared to …

Pump powers soft robots, makes cocktails

“Device opens the door for soft robotic applications in food handling, manufacturing, and biomedical therapeutics The hottest drink of the summer may be the SEAS-colada. Here’s what you need to make it: gin, pineapple juice, coconut milk and …

Renesas Introduces R-Car S4 Starter Kit That Enables Rapid Software Development for Automotive Gateway Systems

“Starter Kit Can be Combined with the Open-Source R-Car S4 Whitebox SDK to Speed Up Prototyping. Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced a new development board for automotive gateway systems. The R-Car …

Researchers develop approach that can enable inexpensive mass manufacturing of micro-LED displays

“A continuous roller printing approach can precisely transfer thousands of microscopic semiconductor devices in a single shot. Researchers have demonstrated a continuous roller printing process that can pick up and transfer over 75,000 micrometer-scale semiconductor devices in a single …

Samsung Starts Mass Production of Automotive UFS 3.1 Memory Solution With Industry’s Lowest Power Consumption

“Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced that it has initiated mass production of its new automotive Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 3.1 memory solution optimized for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems. The new solution offers the …

STMicroelectronics begins volume production of PowerGaN devices for slimmer, cooler, and more efficient power products

“STMicroelectronics has begun volume production of e-mode PowerGaN HEMT (high-electron-mobility transistor) devices that simplify the design of high-efficiency power-conversion systems. The STPOWER™ GaN transistors raise performance in applications such as wall adapters, chargers, lighting systems, industrial power supplies, renewable energy …

Toshiba Releases 3rd Generation 650V SiC Schottky Barrier Diodes that Contribute to More Efficient Industrial Equipment

“Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) has launched the “TRSxxx65H series,” the company’s third and latest[1] generation of silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) for industrial equipment. Volume shipments of the first 12 products, all 650V, start …

Webb Celebrates First Year of Science With Close-up on Birth of Sun-like Stars

“NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory led the development and delivery of Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). From our cosmic backyard in the solar system to distant galaxies near the dawn of time, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered …

A better way to create space

“High-strength but low-density mesh-like polymers with applications in adsorption are synthesized using a simple new method. A facile technique for reproducibly creating Swiss-cheese-like nanomaterials has been developed by researchers at KAUST. This material, and the method required to create it …

A piece of rubber can’t count. Right?

“A block of rubber that can count to ten and even remember the order in which it is pressed. Physicists Martin van Hecke and Lennard Kwakernaak (Leiden University and AMOLF Amsterdam) publish about this latest metamaterial in the journal Physical …