Chip discovery could lead to huge energy savings
15 January, 2007
The University College London (UCL) has unearthed a major discovery in the manufacture of microchips.
DNA chip used in prognosis
15 January, 2007
A project led by IDIBAPS-Hospital Clinic aims to validate the IBDchip (Inflammatory Bowel Disease DNA Chip), a DNA chip that claims to be the world''s first diagnostic DNA chip.
How to stop chips 'tombstoning'
04 October, 2006
There is no single process change that is a sure cure for tombstoning during soldering. Those that claim otherwise are either uninformed or trying to sell you something
Build your own PC board: a designer's dream
06 September, 2006 | Supplied by: Embedded Logic Solutions Pty Ltd
LPKF's ProtoMat S62 desktop milling machine exceeds designer expectations with its mini learning curve coupled with low cost and fast turnaround
Six Indian software companies join the ISA
15 August, 2006
The Itanium Solutions Alliance (ISA) and Intel have added six Indian software companies – i-flex Solutions Ltd, Lifetree Convergence Ltd, Mithi Software Technologies Pvt Ltd, Nucleus Software Exports Ltd, Ramco Systems and Subex Azure Ltd – as members of the alliance in India.
Digital artwork changes to suit your mood
15 August, 2006
Computer scientists from Bath and Boston have developed electronic artwork that changes to match the mood of the person who is looking at it.
Chip industry loses 'boom and bust' tag
03 August, 2006
The global chip industry - now in its fifth consecutive year of expansion - appears to have shaken off the cycle of boom and bust that characterised its earlier stages, Scott Jewler, chief strategy officer for STATS ChipPAC, told the Semicon Singapore 2006 conference.
Design software
03 August, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.altium.com.au
Altium has released Designer 6.3 targeted at accelerating the design process. It includes upgraded translation capabilities for migration to Designer from other systems such as OrCAD and PADS.
Paint-on semiconductor outperforms chips
24 July, 2006
Researchers at the University of Toronto have created a semiconductor device that claims to outperform conventional chips – and they made it by painting a liquid onto a piece of glass.
IGBT or MOSFET: choose wisely
05 July, 2006 by Carl Blake & Chris Bull, International Rectifier | Supplied by: International Rectifier
With the proliferation of choices between MOSFETs and IGBTs, it is becoming increasingly difficult for today's designer to select the best device for an application. Here are a few basic guidelines that will help this decision-making process
Graphite may write the future for nano devices
05 June, 2006
Graphite could be the basis for a new class of nanometre-scale electronic devices that have the properties of carbon nanotubes - but could be produced using established microelectronics manufacturing techniques
Port failover software
01 June, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.metromatics.com.au/
SBS Technologies has announced VD-FOE ethernet port failover software for the VxWorks real-time operating system.
Companies collaborate to grow industry adoption of configurable processor technology
22 May, 2006
ARC International and Toshiba Corporation have announced that they have entered into a strategic collaboration that is intended to increase the worldwide semiconductor industry's adoption of configurable technology.
Paint-on laser to rescue computer chip industry
18 April, 2006
Researchers at the University of Toronto have created a laser that could help save the $200-billion dollar computer chip industry from a looming crisis dubbed the ‘interconnect bottleneck’.
Studying the thin membranes of semiconductors
11 April, 2006
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers in the US have demonstrated a way to release thin membranes of semiconductors from a substrate and transfer them to new surfaces -an advance that could unite the properties of silicon and many other materials, including diamond, metal and even plastic.
