Researchers have created a high-performance transistor using black phosphorus (BP). [ + ]

US-based fabless semiconductor company Ozark Integrated Circuits Inc. will be designing heat-resistant circuits for a proposed Venus Landsailing Rover.

The semiconductor industry is witnessing a flurry of M&A activity. In just the first six months of 2015 alone, announced semiconductor acquisition agreements had a combined total value of $72.6 billion, which is nearly 6x the annual average for M&A deals struck during the five previous years. [ + ]

Researchers have discovered a new type of photonic channels, where back and forth are not equal distances. Such a system has been a missing component for building quantum photonic circuits on a large scale. [ + ]

The Office of Naval Research has awarded University at Buffalo engineers an $800,000 grant to develop narrow strips of graphene called nanoribbons that may someday revolutionise how power is controlled in ships. [ + ]

Korean researchers have developed a microelectronics-compatible method to grow 4″ diameter, high-quality, multilayer graphene on desired silicon substrates. [ + ]

CSIRO and Australian aerospace company TAE have signed a licensing agreement to commercialise CSIRO's Guardian Mentor Remote (GMR) wearable technology system. [ + ]

Teledyne Brown Engineering has won a $15 million contract from NASA for space-based imagery. [ + ]

The Olympus 3D system was recently recognised as a finalist in the 2015 Medical Technology Association of New Zealand (MTANZ) Innovation Awards. [ + ]

Researchers have used gallium phosphide to develop a solar cell that produces the clean fuel hydrogen gas from liquid water. [ + ]

3D white graphene could help control heat in electronic devices, according to Rice University researchers. [ + ]

Digi-Key Electronics has partnered with the ARM University Program to distribute the innovative 'Lab-in-a-Box' (LiB) to higher educational institutions around the world. [ + ]

The Skywave IDP-782 communications terminal has won an IoT Innovations Award. [ + ]

China is the world's largest machine-to-machine (M2M) market with 74 million M2M connections and has become the global leader in the deployment of the Internet of Things. [ + ]

Renesas Electronics and Audi have established a strategic relationship as part of the Audi Progressive SemiConductor Program (PSCP) to accelerate automotive innovation. [ + ]