Month: October 2019

Oct 11, 2019 (Nanowerk News) Controlling the interactions between light and matter has been a long-standing ambition for scientists seeking to develop and advance numerous technologies that are fundamental to society. With the boom of nanotechnology in recent years, the nanoscale manipulation of light has become both, a promising pathway...

Home > Press > Physics: An ultrafast glimpse of the photochemistry of the atmosphereThis is an ultrafast glimpse of the photochemistry of the atmosphere CREDIT Matthias KlingAbstract:Researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have explored the initial consequences of the interaction of light with molecules on the surface of nanoscopic...

Oct 11, 2019 (Nanowerk News) If you were to pry open your smartphone, you would see an array of electronic chips and components laid out across a circuit board, like a miniature city. Each component might contain even smaller "chiplets," some no wider than a human hair. These elements are...

Home > Press > GLOBALFOUNDRIES Qualifies Synopsys Fusion Design Platform on 12LP FinFET PlatformAbstract:Highlights:Qualification includes leading products Design Compiler NXT, IC Compiler II, StarRC, PrimeTime, and IC ValidatorCollaboration delivers a combination of accuracy and highest performance with Fusion Design Platform on GLOBALFOUNDRIES 12LP targeting AI, cloud computing, and high-end consumer...

Oct 11, 2019 (Nanowerk News) An international collaboration of researchers tested the strength of protein complexes and the results could provide insights that can help develop strategies to prevent bacteria resistance. Bacterial cell walls have several surface proteins that help them degrade different materials, including plant fibers. These protein complexes,...

Home > Press > GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Racyics GmbH Demonstrate Ultra-Low-Power Microcontroller for the Internet of Things: Record silicon results to be presented tomorrow at GTC 2019 in Munich, made possible by the adaptive body biasing capability on GF’s 22FDX® platform, along with Racyics’ IPAbstract:A major limiting factor in the growth...

Oct 12, 2019 (Nanowerk News) Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created a new layered superconducting material with a conducting layer made of bismuth, silver, tin, sulfur and selenium (Scientific Reports, "Bulk superconductivity in a four-layer-type Bi-based compound La2O2Bi3Ag0.6Sn0.4S5.7Se0.3"). The conducting layer features four distinct sublayers; by introducing more elements,...

Home > Press > GLOBALFOUNDRIES Brings New Level of Security and Protection on 22FDX Platform for Connected Systems:22FDX security solution aims to protect against physical tampering and attacks for cellular Internet of Things (IoT) devicesAbstract:GLOBALFOUNDRIES® (GF®), the world’s leading specialty foundry, announced today that it is working with Arm® to...

Oct 11, 2019 (Nanowerk News) Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a way to build soft robots that are compact, portable and multifunctional. The advance was made possible by creating soft, tubular actuators whose movements are electrically controlled, which makes them easy to integrate with small...

Home > Press > GLOBALFOUNDRIES Acquires Smartcom’s PDK Engineering Team to Expand Worldwide Design Enablement Capacity: Acquisition strengthens overall process design capabilities and expands the company’s footprint in EuropeAbstract:GLOBALFOUNDRIES® (GF®), the world’s leading specialty foundry, announced today that it has acquired the PDK (Process Design Kit) engineering team from Smartcom...