Semiconductors

Radiation alters ceramic grain boundaries

Physics World: Grain boundaries in ceramics may not be as chemically stable as previously thought. So say researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US who have found that carbon atoms collect or segregate at the boundaries of silicon carbide…

Q&A: Wide Bandgap Semiconductors Poised to Make a Splash

EE Times: With silicon nearing its physical limits, electronics manufacturers are turning to non-traditional semiconducting materials, notably wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductors. Some are adopting these technologies to hit cost and performance targets that otherwise can’t be reached, and while others seek to…

Engineers put tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses on a single chip

MIT News: MIT engineers have designed a “brain-on-a-chip,” smaller than a piece of confetti, that is made from tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses known as memristors — silicon-based…

Sony Builds AI Into a CMOS Image Sensor

IEEE Spectrum: Sony today announced that it has developed and is distributing smart image sensors. These devices use machine learning to process captured images on the sensor itself. They can then select only relevant images, or parts of images, to send…