Side-channel attacks on semiconductor technology are nothing new and were first documented in the mid-1990s by cryptography expert Paul Kocher. Back then they were extremely tricky to perform well because measuring equipment had nowhere near the sophistication...

Semiconductors | By Paul Whytock | 14-07-2021

Intel and AMD have recently announced that they will be the first customers of TSMCs 3nm process that is about to enter risk production. Why is Intel looking towards TSMC for 3nm devices, what details are known about TSMCs 3nm, and why are process node numbers...

By Robin Mitchell | 13-07-2021

Recently, researchers from Stanford have demonstrated a new flexible artificial skin that integrates up to 40,000 transistors per square cm of material. What challenges do flexible electronics face, what have the researchers demonstrated, and could this be the...

By Sam Brown | 12-07-2021

IoT technology has begun to mature, but the release of newer devices is seeing many older devices either discarded or resold. What historic problems have IoT devices faced, why are older IoT devices a potential security threat, and how can engineers combat the...

IoT | By Robin Mitchell | 12-07-2021

IoT technology has begun to mature, but the release of newer devices is seeing many older devices either discarded or resold. What historic problems have IoT devices faced, why are older IoT devices a potential security threat, and how can engineers combat the...

Security | By Robin Mitchell | 12-07-2021

COVID has changed our world forever. As we start to adjust to the new realities of life, many areas will be different. One particular aspect to consider is Human Machine Interfaces (HMI). Over the past decade or so, touchscreens have become increasingly popula...

By Mark Patrick | 09-07-2021

Very small and compact implantable medical devices (IMDs), that have wireless capabilities, are currently in demand for a range of healthcare monitoring applications. There is a particular interest in developing IMDs that can record neuronal activity by taking...

By Liam Critchley | 07-07-2021

As society tries to fade away from traditional fossil fuel energy systems towards greener, renewable solutions, there are a number of different options that have presented themselves (some of which are commercially feasible, others which aren’t). Fuel cells ha...

By Liam Critchley | 05-07-2021

If driverless cars are to become a reality they will have to have the same sight and sound abilities as humans. Until now we have heard plenty about technological breakthroughs regarding sight systems for the autonomous cars of the future but very little about...

By Paul Whytock | 28-06-2021

Smart Motorways are supposed to answer the increasing demand on British motorways, but the truth is that using Smart Technology is not always smart. So what are smart motorways, what problems have they encountered, and why has it taken an environmental lawsuit...

By Robin Mitchell | 25-06-2021

With the NVIDIA acquisition of ARM now unclear, Qualcomm announced that it is ready to invest in ARM should the acquisition fail. So why is there resistance from NVIDIA’s acquisition, what did Qualcomm, and why is it a potentially bad idea? Why is there resist...

By Robin Mitchell | 24-06-2021

As the interest in wearable and remote technologies grows, there is also a growing interest in ways to power these devices to be completely self-sufficient and not be reliant on a battery that will need changing. Many interest has been shown in nanogenerators...

By Liam Critchley | 23-06-2021