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The power sensors that professional cyclists use cost more than $1,000 per unit. Leti presented a demonstrator system at CES 2017 that costs less than $100! The power sensor does not require any calibration, making it easy to use. Plus, it is compatible with all types of bicycles and is accurate to within around 8%, […] >>

Leti and LTM have developed a new class of thin-layer composites for microelectronics. The composites are made by dispersing a very high load—more than 50% of the total volume—of nanoparticles in a polymer matrix. The resulting composite delivers unrivalled properties: virtually loss-free magnetic materials up to 20 GHz, a frequency 20 times higher than the […] >>

When you stack several monolayers of cobalt to obtain perpendicular anisotropy the effect is diminished as the number of layers increases. However, when a layer of graphene is added to the stack the perpendicular anisotropy increases up to two times for twelve to thirteen monolayers.* INAC completed the calculations, which were confirmed by lab experiments […] >>

Researchers at Spintec have achieved higher STT-MRAM write speeds with lower electrical write voltage. They did it by introducing easy cone anisotropy into the storage layer; this causes a 10° to 15° misalignment between the initial magnetism of the storage layer (switchable) and the reference layer. This initial angle makes reversing magnetism faster and easier […] >>

LEDs developed under a joint research project between Leti and INAC could cost four times less to produce than competing products while generating three times more light. Ikea and Valeo are banking on it! The LEDs have not yet hit the market, but the two companies have purchased stakes in Aledia, the Grenoble-based startup that […] >>