Breakthroughs in Device R&D: Pushing Boundaries of Technology | Electronics Weekly https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/device-rd/ Sat, 07 Feb 2026 04:00:43 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/wp-content/themes/ew/images/logo.gif Electronics Weekly https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/device-rd/ 125 75 Singapore lab replaces interposer copper with micro LEDs https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/singapore-lab-replaces-interposer-copper-with-optical-fibre-2026-02/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/singapore-lab-replaces-interposer-copper-with-optical-fibre-2026-02/#respond Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:44:05 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=888813 Replacing copper in semiconductor packaging with microLED optical links increases data rates and speed while resolving the issues of heat generation encountered by more traditional designs. Singapore’s NSC (New Silicon ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/singapore-lab-replaces-interposer-copper-with-optical-fibre-2026-02/feed/ 0 IEEE announces student challenge for semiconductor packaging https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/ieee-announces-student-challenge-for-semiconductor-packaging-2025-12/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/ieee-announces-student-challenge-for-semiconductor-packaging-2025-12/#respond Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:19:44 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=886396 A competition launched by the IEEE offers six student teams the chance to attend next year’s Electronic Components and Technology Conference in Orlando, Florida. There are three challenges, each dealing ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/ieee-announces-student-challenge-for-semiconductor-packaging-2025-12/feed/ 0 UK government to invest in semiconductor supply chain https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/microprocessors/uk-government-to-invest-in-semiconductor-supply-chain-2025-09/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/microprocessors/uk-government-to-invest-in-semiconductor-supply-chain-2025-09/#respond Fri, 26 Sep 2025 15:02:22 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=881458 At Microelectronics UK (24-25 September), Kanishka Narayan, Minister of State for semiconductors, emerging technology, AI and online safety announced investment designed to support the UK semiconductor industry. The exhibition and ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/microprocessors/uk-government-to-invest-in-semiconductor-supply-chain-2025-09/feed/ 0 Efabless marks chip manufacturing milestone https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/efabless-marks-chip-manufacturing-milestone-2024-07/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/efabless-marks-chip-manufacturing-milestone-2024-07/#respond Wed, 03 Jul 2024 10:19:08 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=844184 At DAC 2024, Efabless celebrated a milestone of 40 commercial companies designed chips using its chipIgnite and Google-sponsored OpenMPW programme. Of these, some are ready for production volumes, the majority ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/efabless-marks-chip-manufacturing-milestone-2024-07/feed/ 0 NI’s vision for hybrid AI https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/test-measurement-products/nis-vision-for-hybrid-ai-2024-06/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/test-measurement-products/nis-vision-for-hybrid-ai-2024-06/#respond Tue, 11 Jun 2024 07:34:32 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=842754 NI has set out its stall for AI in the test industry. Following the announcement of LabView AI assistant at the end of last year (currently in beta testing), CTO ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/test-measurement-products/nis-vision-for-hybrid-ai-2024-06/feed/ 0 Interns for innovation https://www.electronicsweekly.com/market-sectors/internet-of-things/interns-for-innovation-2023-05/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/market-sectors/internet-of-things/interns-for-innovation-2023-05/#respond Tue, 09 May 2023 08:00:29 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=819741 Melexis is encouraging innovation and drawing on the rich pool of local technology graduates at its newly-opened Innovation Lab. Positioned in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel, the Melexis Innovation Lab ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/market-sectors/internet-of-things/interns-for-innovation-2023-05/feed/ 0 Mentor joins Nano 2022 as France focuses on microelectronics https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/mentor-joins-nano-2022-france-focuses-microelectronics-2020-11/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/mentor-joins-nano-2022-france-focuses-microelectronics-2020-11/#respond Wed, 18 Nov 2020 14:01:39 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=761446 EDA company, Mentor, has joined Nano 2022, the latest project to promote the French electronics manufacturing industry. It covers components, connectors and PCBs, to design and assembly, distribution, embedded software ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/mentor-joins-nano-2022-france-focuses-microelectronics-2020-11/feed/ 0 Facility pioneers non invasive photonics tech https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/device-rd/facility-pioneers-non-invasive-photonics-tech-2018-11/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/device-rd/facility-pioneers-non-invasive-photonics-tech-2018-11/#respond Tue, 27 Nov 2018 15:21:13 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=544063 Photonics has been called one of the fastest developing areas in healthcare.

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/device-rd/facility-pioneers-non-invasive-photonics-tech-2018-11/feed/ 0 UK starts £11m project to revolutionise electronics https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/uk-starts-11m-project-revolutionise-electronics-2018-05/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/uk-starts-11m-project-revolutionise-electronics-2018-05/#respond Fri, 04 May 2018 10:49:09 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=527080 Three UK universities are to take part in a £11m programme for the development of nanotechnology for electronics. Imperial College London and the Universities of Southampton and Manchester, will work ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/uk-starts-11m-project-revolutionise-electronics-2018-05/feed/ 0 Sound shaping technology to be funded by RAEng https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/sound-shaping-technology-funded-raeng-2018-04/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/sound-shaping-technology-funded-raeng-2018-04/#respond Tue, 24 Apr 2018 12:21:18 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=526087 A professor at the University of Sussex has been given the job of making the UK a world-leader in sound shaping technology. Professor Sriram Subramanian has been named a Royal ...

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