A process developed by researchers at Caltech in the US could enable the production of large areas of graphene at low temperatures and more quickly."Previously, people were only able to grow a few square millimetres of high mobility graphene at a time and it required very high temperatures, long periods of time and many steps," said P...

The Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Foundation has released version 1.0 of the HSA specification, a move which it says brings the industry 'one step closer' to true heterogeneous computing on a range of platforms.HSA, a standardised platform design supported by more than 40 companies and 17 universities, is said to unlock the pe...

A high performance cathode material developed by researchers from Drexel University in the US, in association with Aix-Marseille University, is said to have great promise for use in next generation lithium-sulphur batteries. A high performance cathode material developed by researchers from Drexel University in the US, in association with A...

Infineon says its gallium nitride (GaN) on silicon technology and product portfolio now features enhancement mode and cascode configuration platforms optimised for high performance applications."Infineon's GaN on silicon portfolio, combined with the acquisition of International Rectifier's GaN platform [and] our partnership with Pa...

Current lithium ion battery technology is based on intercalation – the storage of lithium in small cavities in a host structure that usually consists of metal oxides. This method is said to work well, but storage densities are limited as lithium cannot be packed very densely in the structure. In addition, intercalation storage of more than on...

Dyson puts $15m into solid state batteThe System Management Interface Forum (SMIF) has made what it calls an 'important new revision' to the PMBus standard. Revision 1.3.1 includes clarifications designed to streamline and speed implementation. According to SMIF, the clarifications relate primarily to the ZONE and the Manufacturer Specific...

Dyson is investing $15million in University of Michigan spin off Sakti3. The partnership with Sakti3 – a developer of solid state battery technology – is part of Dyson's plans to introduce 100 new machines in four new portfolios of technology over the next four years. Dyson is investing $15million in University of Michigan...

Engineering researchers from Columbia University in the US have devised a way to implement full duplex radio ICs in nanoscale CMOS. The devices are said to support simultaneous transmission and reception at the same frequency; something previously thought to be impossible. The presented its work at the recent ISSCC event in San Francisco.Engine...

Electroplating Engineers of Japan and the University of Tokyo claim to developed an electroless plating process which enables the simultaneous formation of contact electrodes for p-type and n-type organic field effect transistors (OFET).The process, which uses silver nanoparticles as a catalyst, allows the formation of top contact OFET contact...

The US Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has installed and commissioned an array of laser diodes with a peak power of 3.2MW. The diode arrays are a key component of the High-Repetition-Rate Advanced Petawatt Laser System (HAPLS). When completed, HAPLS will be installed in the European Union's Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) Beaml...