Science and Enterprise

Tag: semiconductors

  • Random Number Generation for Computer Security Advances

    Computer researchers at Queen’s University Belfast in the U.K. developed a simpler and smaller way of generating random numbers, an essential property of cyber-security. Jiang Wu and Máire O’Neill of the university’s Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology have produced a series of circuits for generating random numbers that are up to 50 percent…

  • GPS-Linked Training Shirt Gives Data for Runners

    A Spanish company has developed a training shirt fitted with sensors, Bluetooth transmitter, and GPS receiver to provide runners with real-time data on their performance and route, either in training or competition. The company, emxys, is a startup enterprise in Alicante, Spain, but also taking part in the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Business Incubation Centre…

  • Intel Invests in Four U.S. Technology Companies

    Intel Capital, the investment arm of Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, California, today revealed four investments totaling more than $30 million to growing technology companies in the U.S. The four companies represent the clean technology, cloud computing, and semiconductor manufacturing sectors. – Adaptive Computing in Provo, Utah provides intelligent automation software for high- performance computing,…

  • Computer-Vision System Unveiled for Auto Collision Avoidance

    Mobileye N.V., a developer of vision-based collision prevention systems in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, released its Mobileye C2-270 system featuring the EyeQ2 vision chip that detects pedestrians, vehicles, bicycles, and lane markings. The company says this device can saves lives by alerting and prompting drivers in the critical seconds before a collision occurs. The company says…

  • Nanoscale Silicon Oxide Circuits Break Memory Barrier

    Rice University scientists in Houston, Texas have created the first two-terminal memory silicon chips that can be manufactured with nanoelectronic techniques and promise to extend the limits of miniaturization subject to Moore’s Law, which states the number of devices on a circuit doubles every 18 to 24 months. Professor James Tour initially showed how electrical…

  • Worldwide Semiconductor Sales Rise in July

    The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reports today that global sales of semiconductors grew in value to $25.2 billion in July, an increase of 1.2 percent from June when sales were $24.9 billion. This level also represents an increase of 37 percent over July 2009’s sales of $18.4 billion. SIA says that year to date chip…

  • Semiconductor Partnership to Focus on Energy Technologies

    Semiconductor Research Corporation, a university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies has established a $5 million industry-university partnership to bring new energy systems and technologies to the marketplace. Founding industry members include ABB, Applied Materials, Bosch, First Solar, IBM, Nexans and Tokyo Electron. The new Energy Research Initiative will team companies from semiconductors and related…

  • Global Chip Sales Rise But Growth Expected to Ease

    The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported last night that sales of semiconductors worldwide increased in May 2010 compared to April, as well as to May 2009. The high annual rate of growth in semiconductor sales seen in the first part of 2010, however, is expected to slow during the rest of the year. In May,…