TSMC Reports Strong October Revenues Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced its October revenues, revealing a significant increase compared to the previous month. The company reported revenues of $7.8 billion for October 2023, marking a 34.8% growth from September's $5.6 billion....
Published on: November 14, 2023
The High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF) The Linux Foundation has announced the formation of the High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF). This new foundation aims to build, promote, and advance a portable software stack for high performance computing (HPC) through a series of...
Published on: November 14, 2023
Imagination Technologies to Lay Off 20% of Employees Imagination Technologies, a leading IP company, has announced plans to lay off 20% of its employees, citing the challenging business environment. According to a report by Reuters, this could put around 130 jobs in...
Published on: November 14, 2023
Happy Accident Reveals Solution to Drooping Electrostatic Soft Actuators A happy accident has revealed a way to stop electrostatic soft actuators from going limp. These actuators consist of a flat plastic bag of dielectric liquid with electrodes on opposite faces of the...
Published on: November 13, 2023
New Li-Ion Battery Protection ICs Launched by Nisshinbo Micro Devices Nisshinbo Micro Devices, a Tokyo-based company, has recently introduced the NB7142 and NB7143 series of Li-Ion battery protection ICs. These innovative devices are specifically designed for applications that require high-precision overcurrent and...
Published on: November 13, 2023
New Semiconductor Material: Re6Se8Cl2 Columbia University researchers have recently published a groundbreaking paper introducing Re6Se8Cl2 as the fastest and most efficient semiconductor material known to man. Re6Se8Cl2 is a synthetic superatomic material developed by Xavier Roy, one of the researchers involved in...
Published on: November 13, 2023
Open Cosmos Satellites Reach Orbit Open Cosmos, the satellite data provider, has announced that its latest two satellites, MANTIS and PLATERO, have successfully reached orbit following the launch of the SpaceX Transporter-9 mission at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, US. These...
Published on: November 13, 2023
ESA Signals Intent to Foster Commercial Competition in Space Cargo Services The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced its plans to encourage commercial competition in the delivery of space cargo return services. This decision was made at the ESA Space Summit held...
Published on: November 13, 2023
Electrically-Controlled Transistor for Thermal Energy Researchers at UCLA have developed an electrically-controlled transistor for thermal energy, achieving a heat-flow on-off ratio of greater than 13:1 when controlled with a ±2.5V base bias at room temperature. The voltage-flow curve of the transistor is...
Published on: November 10, 2023
Andøya Spaceport: The Future Launch Site for Isar Aerospace The Andøya Spaceport in Norway has officially opened, readying itself to be the future launch site for small and medium-sized satellites of Isar Aerospace and its Spectrum rocket. Located at Nordmela on the...
Published on: November 10, 2023