Research Overview

The Microelectronics Technology Opportunity Engine for May 2022 covers innovations pertaining to wearables, data storage, electronic components such as amplifiers and inductors. Some of the interesting profiles in the TOE include data storage based on NVMe SSD, Light-based AI chip for fast data transfer, wearable to measure electrocardiogram, semi-shielded power inductors, microprocessor for end point functions and low power operational amplifier.

The Microelectronics Technology Opportunity Engine captures global electronics-related innovations and developments on a weekly basis. Developments are centered on electronics attributed by low power and cost, smaller size, better viewing, display and interface facilities, wireless connectivity, higher memory capacity, flexibility and wearables. Research focus themes include small footprint lightweight devices (CNTs, graphene), smart monitoring and control (touch and haptics), energy efficiency (LEDs, OLEDs, power and thermal management, energy harvesting), and high speed and improved conductivity devices (SiC, GaN, GaAs).