Semiconductors, Computing & AI

IDTechEx's Sensors report provides extensive analysis of the global sensor market, including 58 company profiles and insights collected from over 20 related sensor reports. Summarizing IDTechEx's extensive sensors report portfolio, this research contains over 35 sensor technology SWOT analyses, 24 technology readiness level roadmaps, material requirements and supplier information across future mobility, IoT, wearables, biomedical, edge computing, environmental sensing and more.

Join Senior Technology Analyst Mika Takahashi on Thursday 27th November for a new webinar sharing insights on what the telecoms industry should learn from the 5G rollout, to ensure 6G is a success from day one. Choose your preferred time zone - the webinar runs three times during the day.

The need for sustainability within computing has never been so prevalent, with artificial intelligence, large language models, and high-performance computing requiring energy intensive processes that are contributing to increased carbon emissions. This article explores sustainability trends within the sector.

As radio frequency front ends extend into Ka band (about 26.5-40 GHz) and data center networks advance toward co packaged optics, engineered low loss glass substrates valued for high resistivity, dimensional stability, and compatibility with through glass via interconnects are emerging as an integration platform for antenna in package modules and optical electrical co design alike.

In this article, IDTechEx Technology Analyst Noah El Alami explores the leading candidates for early commercial use cases of quantum computers. Chemistry simulations, optimization, and cybersecurity all have potential, but what will be the "killer app"?

Join IDTechEx critical materials expert Dr Jack Howley on Thursday 6th November for the webinar 'Critical Material Recovery from Waste: Trends, Technologies, and 20-Year Growth Outlook'. Choose your preferred time zone - the webinar runs three times during the day.

Thermal management technologies are an integral part of systems within a number of sectors, ensuring optimized performance and safety. This article covers some of the thermal management techniques used in data centers and semiconductors.

The telecom industry deploys new generations of wireless communications roughly every 10 years, with 6G expected to enter commercial use around 2030. So what is 6G, why is it needed, and how does it offer to change the game after the somewhat lacklustre performance of its predecessor, 5G?

Growing export restrictions placed on defense-related rare earth materials from China at a time of multiple international conflicts underscores growing demand in the US and Europe to develop alternative supply. China's latest export restrictions on critical rare earth elements applies yet more pressure to what are already tightly controlled materials.

As of 2025, single-phase direct-to-chip (D2C) liquid cooling remains the dominant solution for high-end GPU thermal management. However, with thermal design power (TDP) continuing to rise, the industry is approaching the limits of what single-phase cooling can handle. Two-phase D2C cooling is expected to enter large-scale deployment around 2027.