semiconductors

A US push for additional Korean semiconductor manufacturing investment has entered bilateral negotiations just as the first project under South Korea's US$200 billion strategic-investment mechanism approaches selection.

Nature Communications, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-77397-0 Spatial-light computing is limited by the lack of compact, non-volatile, rewritable analog devices. Wen et al. report a ferroelectric crystal that converts lanthanide emission into a rewritable, multilevel memory, allowing stored optical states to be read and used as persistent weights for neuromorphic comp…

TWO epitaxial germanium mesa transistors have been made available in the USA by Sylvania Electric Products Inc. So, 66 years ago, started a story in Electronics Weekly’s edition of November […] The post Epitaxial Transistors Available appeared first on Electronics Weekly .

Nature Electronics, Published online: 07 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41928-026-01704-2 Using five vertically stacked van der Waals layers, a tunnel-junction selector can be created that exhibits a nonlinearity above 107, an endurance of more than 1012 cycles, a switching speed of less than 20 ns, minimal temperature dependence and low device-to-device variability.

An extremely fortunate bargain hunter in Kuwait found three Samsung 980 Pro 2TB SSDs slotted inside a $30 PCIe expansion card. Each of those drives is worth between $400 and $500, so it's clear to say the thrifter struck gold during an AI rush.

A strategic partnership between MRAM manufacturer, Everspin Technologies and Teledyne HiRel Semiconductors will mean that the 256Mb Persyst spin-transfer torque MRAM (STT-MRAM) will be used in Teledyne HiRel’s memory products […] The post Everspin Technologies partners with Teledyne HiRel for MRAM in mil-aero appeared first on Electronics Weekly .

The silicon carbide transistor is designed to avoid low controllability and current leakage, which typically become problems at high temperatures.

Linear field theories Linear field theories form the classical counterparts to many important QFT's in condensed matter physics, modeling a wide range of materials, from the mundane (semiconductors), to the exotic (topological insulators and superconductors). Linear field theories are exactly soluble, and, when quantized, form great first approximations to complicated QFT's. Non-interacting parti…

A new kind of light-emitting diode could one day produce more light while using less material. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed an experimental LED made with extremely thin, branching nanowires. The design could potentially improve energy efficiency and reduce manufacturing costs. The research was published in the journal Nano Research. LEDs are […] The post Tiny Nanowires …

Scientists have developed a new lead-free solar material that can better survive exposure to air, moisture and heat. The advance could help make next-generation solar cells safer, more efficient and practical for everyday use. Perovskite solar cells have attracted worldwide interest because they can turn sunlight into electricity efficiently and may be easier and cheaper […] The post A Molecular …

Japan’s trade minister said discussions on AI and semiconductors will carry very significant weight in the third tranche of its $550B US investment pact, after two rounds went to energy and minerals. The EU’s own framework contains no comparable vehicle, and commits the bloc to buying at least $40B of US AI chips. Japan’s trade […] This story continues at The Next Web

Detecting radiation is key to technologies ranging from particle accelerators and scientific instruments to medical imaging and security screening. But current detectors must often make trade-offs, providing signals that are strong but slow or fast but weak. The trade-off between signal strength and speed can limit precision detection. In new research, Stanford University researchers worked [&#82…

The investment supports growing semiconductor demand and strengthens local supply by year-end. The post Solvay Expands Electronic Grade Hydrogen Peroxide Capacity in Taiwan appeared first on Semiconductor Digest .

Lead halide perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs) have emerged as highly promising candidates for next-generation displays and solid-state lighting, achieving record-high external quantum efficiencies (EQEs) exceeding 30%. The perovskites possess outstanding optoelectronic properties, such as high photoluminescence quantum yields (PLQY), narrow full-width at half maximum (FWHM), and efficient…

MIT researchers have developed a way to produce silicon-photonics chips that are both flexible and transparent. The technology could eventually support curved augmented-reality displays, lightweight pilot visors and health-monitoring devices that fit closely against the body. Silicon photonics uses light instead of electrical signals to move and process information on computer chips. It has helpe…

Nature Electronics, Published online: 04 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41928-026-01702-4 A layer of gallium oxide that is only a half-unit-cell thick can be converted via strain engineering into a zincblende phase with switchable ferroelectricity and a coercive voltage below 1 V.