Dry etching with plasma polishing brings a new level of quality to SiC
//php echo do_shortcode('') ?> The manufacturing process of any semiconductor can be divided into five main phases: crystal growth, slicing and grinding, polishing, epitaxy (epi), and device fabrication. The third step, which we usually call "polishing", is the final phase of substrate production. This step is particularly important for atomically smoothing the substrate surface, obtaining a high level...
Twitter management gutted when Elon Musk launched the takeover
Some of Twitter's core team have reportedly been ousted by the company's new owner, with its CEO, CFO and legal head poached on Elon Musk's first day at the helm. Elon Musk reportedly finalized his $44 billion takeover of social media platform Twitter on Oct. 27 and began his tenure at the company cleaning up a higher government level. According to...
The LOLIN C3 Pico is a small ESP32-C3 board with battery charging support
The LOLIN C3 Pico is a small (25.4 × 25.4 mm) ESP32-C3 RISC-V board with 2.4 GHz WiFi and Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity, multiple I/Os, and LiPo battery support, including a charging circuit. I tend to like the Wemos/LOLIN boards, due to their small form factor, support for equally small shields and low cost. The LOLIN C3 Pico is...
Developing Embedded Quality Control of Advanced Materials for Net Zero Applications – Metrology & Quality News
Graphene and related 2D materials (GR2M) can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the production of advanced materials. Using GR2M nanoplates in applications such as reinforcing concrete or improving battery performance will require a dramatic increase in production. As production of GR2Ms increases, the ability to effectively and efficiently measure the material properties of nanoplates, both in...
Lapcom Limited partners with Cymulate to provide validation in Hong Kong
Customers in Hong Kong can automate attack simulation and security validation. For more than 20 years Lapcom Limited has worked closely together to provide security consultancy. Specializing in information security, this company has joined forces with Cymulate to provide analytics. These analytics provide real-world security state insights for attack surface management, continuous automated red clustering, breach and attack...
Four juicy takeaways for the channel
Apple last night shrugged off the tech giant's disappointing quarterly results by reporting an eight percent jump in revenue, with Mac sales up 25 percent. Here we pick the best takeaways for the channel. Mac's 'amazing' quarter Even as the broader PC market posted its steepest decline in more than two decades, Apple managed to rack up record Mac sales...
Rickrolls Benchmark Leakers CPU Renamer Tool
Earlier in the week, several tech tweeters and computer news sites reported some interesting AMD Zen 4 processors spotted in the online Geekbench results browser. Unfortunately, the processor lists were fake, he admits Chips and cheese, who revealed he was behind the prank on Thursday. The site explains that one of its authors tampered with AMD Zen...
The AI in charge has a burnout problem
Breakneck speed The rapid pace of AI research doesn't help either. New discoveries are coming thick and fast. In the past year alone, tech companies have unveiled AI systems that generate images from text, only to announce—just weeks later—even more impressive AI software that can create videos from just text as well. That's impressive...
This week in European Tech: Wise lands $300 million debt financing deal, eToro buys Bullsheet, a fund for female founders, and more
This week our research team tracked down more than 80 technology financing deals cost over 1.2 billion eurosand above 5 exits, M&A deals, rumorsand related news across Europe. As always, we're collecting them all for you in a list sent out in our roundup newsletter next Monday (note: the full list is for paying customers only, and is also...
