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Semiconductors
Chips and Science Act of 2022 – What Could Go Wrong?
Its full name is Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors and Science Act of 2022. The CHIPS Act, as…
Fast Burst of Infrared Light Delivers 3D Processing in Semi Chips
Lithography has limitations, particularly given its surface processing nature. The researchers from LP3 Laboratory,…
Google Billionaire Warns China Gaining Technology Edge
Eric Schmidt has some recommendations for Washington regarding its policies. The former Google CEO is encouraging…
Jaguar Land Rover Partners with Wolfspeed on SiCs for Next-Gen EVs
Land Rover and Wolfspeed announced a strategic partnership to supply Silicon Carbide (SiC) semiconductors for next…
KYOCERA AVX Salzburg and VisIC Technologies Expand GaN Collaboration
GaN is hot. There’s a dramatic interest in and collaboration on Galium Nitride (GaN) use in automotive apps.…
Tackling Engineer Shortages Head On
There is a desperate shortage of engineers. Purdue’s Engineering Professor Zhihong Chen is proactively attempting…
China Tech Ban May Include Quantum Computing and AI—Will China Care?
Okay, so it's still early in the discussion phase. Still, it looks like the US is trying to expand the restrictions…
Arkansas to Host its First Energy Frontier Research Center
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a team at the University of Arkansas a $10.3 million grant to build the first…
The Potential Downside of Administration’s U.S. vs. China Semiconductor…
President Biden was clear—U.S. companies accepting funding under the CHIPS Act will be barred from building…
What Denotes the Best Possible Semiconductor?
Silicon’s properties as a semiconductor are far from ideal. Although silicon lets electrons whizz through its…