Industry News
Australian scientists transform contact lenses into screens
Australian scientists have made a breakthrough in optoelectronics that could turn contact lenses into computer screens. [ + ]
Global wireless medical devices market to reach $11bn
The global market for wireless medical devices is expected to increase from $3.6 billion in 2015 to about $11 billion by 2020. [ + ]
Wearable device sales to grow 18.4%
Wearable device sales are expected to grow by 18.4% from 232 million units in 2015 to 274.6 million in 2016, according to Gartner Inc. [ + ]
New RFID chips prevent side-channel attacks
Researchers at Texas Instruments and MIT have developed a new type of RFID chip that is "virtually impossible to hack". [ + ]
Electrons, liquid helium and zero-resistance phenomenon
The end of Moore’s Law — the prediction that transistor density would double every two years — was one of the hottest topics in electronics-related discussions in 2015. [ + ]
Multipurpose programmable optical chips
Researchers have designed multipurpose programmable optical chips that could revolutionise the microwave photonics industry. [ + ]
Nanoelectronics temperature breakthrough
Researchers have managed to make electrons in a circuit on a silicon chip colder than had previously been achieved. [ + ]
The internet of the future?
A new scientific solution that enables future internet infrastructure to become completely open and programmable while carrying internet traffic at the speed of light has been developed. [ + ]
Sony acquires chip company Altair
Sony is set to acquire Altair Semiconductor, an Israel-based developer of high-performance, singlemode Long Term Evolution chipsets, for US$212 million. [ + ]
Government funding for semiconductor business
Semitech Semiconductor is one of the 17 innovation Australian companies to benefit from the government's latest round of funding worth AU$7.8 million. [ + ]
New Chief Scientist to drive innovation and commercialisation
Dr Alan Finkel AO, a renowned engineer, neuroscientist, entrepreneur and philanthropist, begins his three-year term as Australia's Chief Scientist today. [ + ]
STMicroelectronics powers 100 million Indian set-top boxes
STMicroelectronics has shipped its 100 millionth chipset for digital cable and satellite set-top boxes (STBs) in India. [ + ]
Cooling system for processors of the future
Researchers from MIPT have demonstrated how to efficiently cool optoelectronic chips using industry-standard heatsinks in spite of high heat generation in active plasmonic components. These components will be essential for high-speed data transfer within the optoelectronic microprocessors of the future. [ + ]
Next-generation high-speed transistors
Researchers have developed a double-layered nanowire, consisting of a germanium core and a silicon shell. This is a major step towards the realisation of a next-generation high-speed transistor. [ + ]
Samsung begins mass production of advanced logic chips
Samsung Electronics has begun mass production of advanced logic chips using its 14 nm Low-Power Plus (LPP) process, the second generation of the company's 14 nm FinFET process technology. [ + ]
