Chip Industry Week In Review

By The SE Staff - 19 Jul, 2024 - Comments: 0

The University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Institute for Electronics (TIE) was awarded $840 million to establish a Department of Defense microelectronics manufacturing center. This center will focus on developing advanced semiconductor microsystems to enhance U.S. defense systems. The project is part of DARPA's NGMM Program. The U.S. Dept. of Commerce announced preliminary terms with Global... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review

By The SE Staff - 05 Apr, 2024 - Comments: 0

By Jesse Allen, Gregory Haley, and Liz Allan. The Japanese government approved $3.9 billion in funding for chipmaker Rapidus to expand its foundry business, of which 10% will be invested in advanced packaging. This is in addition to the previously announced $2.18 billion in funding. In a meeting next week, the U.S. and Japan are expected to cooperate on increasing semiconductor development a... » read more

Multistep staircase avalanche photodiodes with extremely low noise & deterministic amplification (lidar)

By Technical Paper Link - 27 Jul, 2021 - Comments: 0

Engineers at University of Texas at Austin and University of Virginia developed a light detector that can amplify weak light signals and reduce noise to improve the accuracy of lidar. Find technical paper here. Abstract "In 1982, Capasso and co-workers proposed the solid-state analogue of the photomultiplier tube, termed the staircase avalanche photodiode. Through a combination of co... » read more

Manufacturing Bits: March 9

By Mark LaPedus - 09 Mar, 2020 - Comments: 0

Finding cures for coronavirus The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is using the world’s most powerful supercomputer to identify drug compounds and cures for the coronavirus. [caption id="attachment_24162601" align="alignleft" width="300"] Summit supercomputer. Source: Oak Ridge National Laboratory[/caption] The supercomputer, called Summit, has identified 7... » read more

Manufacturing Bits: May 28

By Mark LaPedus - 28 May, 2019 - Comments: 0

Swarming autonomous blimps The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is exploring the development of miniature autonomous blimps, a technology that could pave the way towards a new form of military swarming technology. Initially, NRL developed 30 miniature autonomous blimps. The goal is to test the interaction and swarming behavior of these autonomous systems. Georgia Institute of Technology... » read more

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Chip Industry Week In Review

Chip Industry Week In Review

Multistep staircase avalanche photodiodes with extremely low noise & deterministic amplification (lidar)

Manufacturing Bits: March 9

Manufacturing Bits: May 28

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