Recently, researchers from the University of Illinois have demonstrated how the resistance of carbon fibre varies on its orientation, thereby helping researchers better understand the material. Why is carbon seen as a wonder material for the electronics indust...

By Sam Brown | 13-10-2021

The recent outage in services from Facebook, including Messenger and WhatsApp, caused worldwide challenges in messaging others. Still, it demonstrates an excellent example of why the unification of platforms and standardisation of protocols can be problematic....

By Robin Mitchell | 12-10-2021

Recently, NIST developed a new technique that allows them to determine faulty transistors that can also count the total number of defects. What challenges do large scale integrated circuits face, what did the NIST develop, and how can it help semiconductor pro...

By Robin Mitchell | 12-10-2021

Intel recently announced that it would be using RISC-V in its next generation of Nios V soft IP microcontrollers for FPGAs. Why is RISC-V being introduced by multiple vendors, what features will the Nios V soft processor offer, and could RISC-V see the fall of...

RISC-V | By Robin Mitchell | 11-10-2021

A new solar and wind farm will be built in Morocco to provide to the UK, and the two will be connected via an undersea cable. What challenges does laying cables in the sea present, why is Morocco chosen as a UK power plant site, and how do undersea cables meet...

By Sam Brown | 11-10-2021

Recently, Samsung Electronics published a paper that describes a method for copying a neural net and pasting the design into memory without the need for understanding the neural network itself. What is neuromorphic computing, what did the paper describe, and c...

By Robin Mitchell | 08-10-2021

Being blind is a challenging disability when considering that almost all daily activities use sight in one form or another. Researchers have recently developed a prototype of an intelligent cane that could help blind users navigate the world with more ease....

By Robin Mitchell | 08-10-2021

Talk to carmakers about when the shortage of automotive electronic components will end, and you'll get a whole variety of different predictions. But one thing is clear: there is now a justifiable optimism slowly permeating through the carmakers' psyche regardi...

By Paul Whytock | 07-10-2021

Recent reports are mentioning the development of a battery-free technology to help devices operate without the need for batteries. What exactly is being said, why is it a lot of hype, and why will energy harvesting devices fail to power electronics for the for...

By Robin Mitchell | 07-10-2021

Recently, researchers from Purdue University announced the development of a new transistor technology called CasFET that may help further reduce the size of transistors. What challenges do current semiconductor foundries face, what did the researchers develop,...

By Jack Pollard | 06-10-2021

Recently, RISC-V development Codasip announced that it will be looking to hire 100 engineers in the UK to continue its development with RISC-V IP cores. Who is Codasip, why are they hiring, and why is RISC-V becoming increasingly popular? Who is Codasip?...

RISC-V | By Robin Mitchell | 05-10-2021

Recently, the European Commission announced its plans to standardise power connectors for charged devices to reduce e-waste. Why is unification good for the electronics industry, what cable will be chosen as the unifier, and what challenges does this solve?...

Environment | By Sam Brown | 05-10-2021