Green ICT: The IoT World Also Needs Ecological Awareness


By Volkhard Beyer and Dirk Mayer Microelectronics support the fight against climate change and for a better environment; for example, by intelligently controlling drive units, ensuring optimal operation of energy systems, and monitoring the resource requirements of production processes. Unfortunately, however, the ICT sector itself is one of the fastest-growing emitters of greenhouse gase... » read more

Advancements In Silicon Device Technology And Design Driving New SLM Monitor Categories


Silicon, the foundation of modern electronics, has seen continuous advancements since the early days of integrated circuits. The pace of innovation has been driven by the relentless quest for miniaturization, increased performance, and efficiency. However, Moore’s Law is no longer a given and silicon is facing functional limitations as technology scales. To address these challenges and conti... » read more

Paving The Way For Sustainable AI


Real-time requirements and the need for power-efficiency, security and privacy drives AI-processing at the edge. Key benefits of Edge AI include: -Low latency and real-time response -High power efficiency -Improved security and data privacy -Reduced cost A complementary set of AI-specific products and solutions, an end-to-end ML platform as well as an extensive application kno... » read more

Navigating Complexity And Enhancing Security In Advanced Automotive Systems


As the automotive industry advances towards higher levels of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), the complexity of vehicles is growing at an unprecedented rate. Modern vehicles are equipped with an increasing array of ADAS sensors, sophisticated algorithms, powerful processors, advanced in-vehicle networks, and millions of lines of software code. These components are crucial for processi... » read more

Photonics Could Reduce The Cost Of Lidar


Using light to move data over shorter distances is becoming more common, both because there is much more data to move around and because photons are faster and cooler than electrons. Using optical fiber for mission-critical communication is already well established. It has been the preferred PHY for long-haul communications for decades because it doesn’t suffer from the attenuation losses ... » read more

Sensor Requirements For Developing Robust Environment Perception Systems


In recent years, sensor systems for environment perception have become increasingly important – whether for adaptive robotics, automated driving, industrial process and quality control, or condition monitoring. The aim is always to detect and interpret certain environmental characteristics. In doing so, it’s important to choose not only the right algorithm but also the right sensor or senso... » read more

Validation Of Smart Sensors For AI-Based Condition Monitoring In Industry


By André Schneider and Martin Lehmann Industry has challenging requirements for the quality and reliability of the distributed smart sensors used in condition monitoring. As a result of digitalization and the increasing use of AI-based monitoring solutions, we can expect an increase in demand for systematic, efficient design and validation processes. In the future, a product’s journey fro... » read more

CMOS ICs for 77 GHz Automotive Radar


A new technical paper titled "CMOS IC Solutions for the 77 GHz Radar Sensor in Automotive Applications" was published by researchers at STMicroelectronics and University of Catania. Abstract "This paper presents recent results on CMOS integrated circuits for automotive radar sensor applications in the 77 GHz frequency band. It is well demonstrated that nano-scale CMOS technologies are the b... » read more

Imperceptible, Lightweight Sensors Directly Printed on Biological Surfaces


A new technical paper titled "Imperceptible augmentation of living systems with organic bioelectronic fibres" was published by researchers at University of Cambridge and University of Macau. Abstract "The functional and sensory augmentation of living structures, such as human skin and plant epidermis, with electronics can be used to create platforms for health management and environmental m... » read more

High-Temp, High-Electron Mobility MOSFETs Based On N-Type Diamond


A new technical paper titled "High-Temperature and High-Electron Mobility Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors Based on N-Type Diamond" was published by researchers at National Institute for Materials Science (Japan). Abstract: "Diamond holds the highest figure-of-merits among all the known semiconductors for next-generation electronic devices far beyond the performance of c... » read more

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