➀ Aeluma通过结合高性能材料和可扩展的硅制造技术，重新定义了半导体技术；
➁ Aeluma的技术在AI基础设施、国防、量子计算和下一代传感等领域产生了重大影响；
➂ Aeluma正在解决AI和高性能计算在扩展方面遇到的挑战，通过集成化合物半导体和大型衬底来实现大规模生产。
Recent #Technology Development news in the semiconductor industry
➀ Saarland University researchers are developing lightweight elastomer films for smart textiles, touch displays, and speakers with haptic feedback.
➁ These films can be precisely controlled to vibrate, flex, press, or pull using electrical voltage.
➂ The research focuses on creating more efficient, stable, sensitive, and responsive smart film actuators.
➀ Chinese chipmakers are gradually shifting production to domestically-made tools to support the local wafer fab equipment ecosystem and reduce reliance on foreign tools.
➁ SiCarrier Technologies, a Huawei-linked startup, has revealed a comprehensive catalog of wafer processing tools at Semicon China.
➂ SiCarrier is working on advanced process nodes and future advanced nodes, and has partnerships with Huawei for proprietary production flows.
➀ The European Space Agency (ESA) has released its ESA Strategy 2040, outlining its approach to the challenges and opportunities of space up to 2040.
➁ The strategy is framed around five goals: protecting the planet, exploring and discovering, strengthening European autonomy, boosting growth and competitiveness, and inspiring Europe.
➂ The strategy aims to accelerate innovation, strengthen industrial capacity, position Europe as a commercial hub in the global space economy, and establish Europe as a space research hub.
➀ RANsemi, a British wireless semiconductor innovator, announced a strategic partnership with ACES, a leading Saudi Arabian neutral host operator, specializing in 5G Open RAN baseband technologies.
➁ The partnership is supported by the Saudi Arabian National Technology Development Programme (NTDP) and aims to advance 5G Open RAN and small cell technologies.
➂ The project aims to develop a class-leading 5G Open RAN neutral host small cell system, combining RANsemi's 5G baseband expertise with ACES' RF design capabilities.
➀ Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have demonstrated the production of climate-friendly fuels like kerosene using Power-to-Liquid (P2L) methods from CO₂, water, and green electricity.
➁ In the Kopernikus P2X project, an innovative and highly efficient co-electrolysis process has been coupled with fuel synthesis for the first time at an industrial scale of 220 kilowatts.
➂ The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding this project.
➀ Fraunhofer researchers have developed sensor systems and measurement devices to detect leaks in hydrogen pipelines or tanks.
➁ These systems enable continuous monitoring of hydrogen transport or chemical industry facilities.
➂ Multiple sensor technologies are used to ensure safety in various future hydrogen industry scenarios.
➀ Silicon carbide (SiC) offers significant technical advantages for power electronics, but its cost remains a barrier to market penetration. The Fraunhofer Institutes are developing key technologies to reduce material losses and device thickness while increasing the thermomechanical stability of SiC chips.
➁ The ThinSiCPower project aims to produce cost-effective SiC substrates and thinner SiC chips using more resource-efficient processing technologies, such as laser separation of SiC crystals and bonding onto a carrier substrate.
➂ The project partners are Fraunhofer ISE, ENAS, IWM, and IISB, with the goal of reducing SiC device costs by 25% and SiC design costs by 25% through increased load cycle stability.
1. Allegro MicroSystems appoints Mike Doogue as President and CEO; 2. Doogue has 27 years of experience at Allegro; 3. He was previously Executive Vice President and CTO.
➀ OpenAI plans to tape-out its first chip on TSMC's 3nm process later this year;
➁ The chip is designed for both training and inference and is being developed by an in-house team;
➂ The objective is to reduce dependency on Nvidia's processors, which are expensive and in high demand.
➀ The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has provided Excelerate, a Welsh communications integration specialist, with a £6 million award to develop a multi-orbit, multi-beam satellite antenna.
➁ The project, known as MAMUT, is designed to allow users to choose an operator and orbit via an app, providing high-speed connectivity even in remote locations.
➂ The UKSA’s Connectivity in Low-Earth Orbit (C-LEO) programme is funding this initiative, which aims to keep the UK at the forefront of the space connectivity industry.
1. Rigetti Computing is a leading player in full-stack quantum computing, developing quantum computers over the cloud. 2. The company aims to enhance its market position with significant milestones in 2025, including a 36-qubit and 100-qubit system. 3. Quantum computing has a promising market potential, with TAM expected to grow from $1.1B in 2022 to $7.6B in 2027.
➀ The rapid development of data centers and the demand for faster and more efficient communication networks are driving the adoption of silicon photonics.
➁ Silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs) combine the advantages of optics with the scalability of integrated circuits, enabling high-speed data transmission.
➂ The market for PICs is expected to grow significantly, driven by high-speed modules and expanding data centers.
➃ Major semiconductor companies, such as Intel and Broadcom, are investing heavily in silicon photonics technology.
➄ Newcomers like Lightmatter, Celestial AI, and Ayar Labs are also making significant contributions to the field.
➅ Semiconductor foundries are playing a crucial role in the production of silicon photonics products.
➀ The Bergische Universität Wuppertal initiates a new research project, NEPOMUQ, to develop optoelectronic modulators over the next three years. ➁ The project aims to explore novel perovskite materials with strong nonlinear optical properties. ➃ The technology could revolutionize ion-based quantum computing by enabling the creation of photonic chips that can encapsulate and manipulate hundreds or even thousands of ions.
➀ Alex Bronstein, known for groundbreaking innovations, starts his professorship at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) with a focus on Machine Learning in biowissenschaften. ➁ Bronstein has a background in both academic research at the Technion, Israel, and industry at Intel, where he developed 3D sensing technology. ➂ He aims to expand the boundaries of machine learning for applications in biowissenschaften and contribute to strategic directions in structural and cell biology, as well as single-cell analyses.
➀ The US semiconductor industry's leadership is attributed to the establishment of Semate 34 years ago.
➁ The invention of the integrated circuit technology by Robert Noyce in 1959 marked the birth of the chip industry.
➂ Sematech, led by Charlie Sporck, was formed to rebuild the international competitiveness of the US semiconductor industry.
➃ The partnership between industry, government, and academia in Sematech led to the development of high-quality chips at lower costs.
➄ Sematech's success involved government subsidies, targeted short-term technology development, and effective management.
➅ The US semiconductor industry's full recovery of international competitiveness was achieved by 1995.
➀ TSMC is in a dispute with a golf course over land for a 2nm chip plant; ➁ The Central Taiwan Science Park has set a deadline for the golf course to resolve its issues; ➂ The land acquisition for the expansion is crucial for TSMC's technology development.
➀ The Fraunhofer FEP is developing a digital twin of the coating process for piezoelectric thin films to improve the performance and reproducibility of ultrasonic sensors. ➁ The project is part of the DigiMatUs joint project, aiming to meet the growing demands for high-resolution piezoelectric ultrasonic sensors. ➂ Advanced technologies like ontologies and AI are used to analyze and optimize the coating process parameters.
➀ The domestic CPU industry is entering a new stage with the expanding market demand for domestic processors, marked by three major routes: x86 architecture, ARM architecture, and LoongArch architecture;
➁ The core of evaluating domestic processors today should be how to find a balance between the two routes and let some routes develop first, with x86 and ARM showing significant potential while LoongArch carries the initial vision of independent development;
➂ The three routes complement each other, with x86 and ARM leading the market and LoongArch focusing on ecosystem development and performance improvement.
➀ The RAN market is facing a second consecutive year of steep declines after a 40 to 50 percent revenue growth between 2017 and 2021; ➁ The downward pressure is expected to persist until 6G becomes a reality; ➂ Operators will need to optimize their spectrum roadmaps to address various data traffic scenarios, and the RAN market may see further downward pressure due to the slowing growth of mobile data traffic.
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