2020-04-07 - Alissa M. Fitzgerald, Farzad Khademolhosseini

MEMS Tech to Combat the Coronavirus

The race against time to fight the Covid-19 pandemic has motivated a global flurry of activity and collaboration by technology…

2020-02-21 - Anne-Françoise Pelé

Discovering the Real Value in the Audio Chain

The emergence of silicon-based microphones has reshaped the audio landscape. But in the coming years, market research firm Yole Dévelopment…

2019-10-09 - Brian Santo

Qorvo Acquires Cavendish Kinetics

The RF IC specialist already had a significant investment in the RF MEMS antenna startup.

2019-05-29 - Junko Yoshida

Taiwan Hopes to Emulate Silicon Valley

Taiwan today is trying to develop a startup infrastructure that Silicon Valley took 30 years to grow organically. Can Taiwan…

2017-11-23 - R. Colin Johnson, EE Times

MEMS Design Shrinks Speakers to Chip Scale

USound has developed microelectromechanical system (MEMS) chip-scale audio speakers, targeting in- and over-ear high-fidelity earbuds, smartphones, multidriver headphones, and other…

2017-11-09 - R. Colin Johnson, EE Times

Lam’s Coventor Buy Boosts MEMS Manufacturing

Lam Research's recent acquisition of Coventor has benefited each company through the co-design of hardware and software, executives say.