Imec and IC assembly equipment manufacturer BE Semiconductor Industries (Besi) have demonstrated long-term reliability in five full size 60-cells Nickel/Copper/Silver (Ni/Cu/Ag) plated solar cell modules, confirming the industrial value of this metallization technology. The modules consist of 60 front side laser ablated and Ni-Cu-Ag plated p-type Cz-Si cells. The plating was performed with Meco’s Direct ...
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The Queen’s New Year Honours list for 2017 has been announced, and bio-technology is a dominant theme among technology-related achievements (genetic profiling, bioinformatics, DNA sequencing). Leading the way is Sir Alec John Jeffreys, Emeritus Professor at Leicester University, who has been made Companion Of Honour (CH). A founding father of genetic profiling, he developed the ...
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Intel is reported to be preparing the way to buy a stake in HERE the mapping company which makes 3D maps of roads to centimetre-scale precision. Many technologists believe that this precision will be required to enable self-driving cars. Intel has agreements with BMW, Mobileye and Delphi to develop driverless technology and has set up ...
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5G mobile technology groups – Small Cell Forum (SCF) and 5G Americas – have worked together on tech papers to support the deployment of small cells. The reports, Small Cell Siting: Regulatory and Deployment Considerations and Multi-Operator and Neutral Host Small Cells: Drivers, Architectures, Planning and Regulation, are hoped to simplify the planning and regulatory issues associated with the dense Heterogeneous ...
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The technology for autonomous cars needs to progress before they become a practical reality, so let’s start with the countless sensors along with other technologies as V2X communications that autonomous vehicles will rely on to navigate safely, writes Davide Santo. Plenty of countries have now provided testing grounds for autonomous cars, from entire custom-built towns ...
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Before President Obama hands over to Donald Trump on January 20th, the chief science adviser to the president, John Holdren, will produce a report on Chinese investment in the US semiconductor industry, reports the Wall Street Journal. The report is thought to be a guideline for the incoming president about protecting the US chip industry ...
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ST has launched three sensors for movement tracking. The LIS2DS12 3-axis “pico” accelerometer, LSM6DSL/M 6-axis inertial module, and the new LSM303AH eCompass help track movement continuously with minimal impact on device battery life by performing various motion-related calculations on-chip instead of using the main system processor. Pre-embedded algorithms that include high-precision pedometer, step detection, step ...
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