Research

Fujitsu has improved heat extraction in flip-chips by replacing metal bumps with carbon nanotube (CNT) bumps, and is planning a product

Shrinking transistors along a traditional Moore’s Law progression is a thing of the past for logic products, according to industry leaders

The University of Tokyo has developed a thin flexible polymer Braille display which is only 1mm thick including actuators

Dielectrics based on the element hafnium look likely to be viable in 45nm processes, according to Belgian research centre IMEC

A UK firm is perfecting a tool for growing carbon nanotubes at room temperature with controllable density, length and position

As Europe's microelectronics R&D initiative MEDEA+ is about to end after 20 years in various forms, the EU is preparing to address the question about what, if anything, succeeds it

Intel has developed a new transistor that consumes 10 times less power and offers 50 per cent greater performance than the company’s current transistors

UK scientists are collaborating to investigate and hopefully imitate the highly evolved sonar systems of animals such as bats and dolphins

Technology breakthroughs have given Europe a lead in lithographic technology with Dutch firm ASML a year ahead in extreme ultra-violet (EUV) machines

NASA has begun work on a protein sensor based on carbon nanotubes