PragmatIC Semiconductor unveils plans for new UK site
PragmatIC Semiconductor, a world leader in flexible electronics, is proud to unveil PragmatIC Park, Durham, UK as the site for installation of its second FlexLogIC® fabrication line producing ultra-low-cost flexible integrated circuits. This is PragmatIC’s largest investment to date and...
PragmatIC Semiconductor leads project to digitise reusable packaging
PragmatIC Semiconductor, a world leader in flexible electronics, is excited to be leading an Innovate UK, Smart Sustainability Plastic Packaging business project that will make reusable plastic packaging systems a reality at scale. The project code-named TRACE (Technology-enabled Reusable Assets for...
Women working in science to create a better future
At PragmatIC Semiconductor we have a growing group of enthusiastic engineers working towards our goal of enabling electronics in everyday items. We are proud that many of our team are women who...
ISSCC: UK-made bendable 6502 MCU has 16,000 thin-film transistors
ELECTRONICS WEEKLY. The fastest bendable 8bit thin-film microcontroller was described at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference.
Imec, KU Leuven and PragmatIC Semiconductor demonstrate fastest 8-bit flexible microprocessor for low-power applications
At the 2022 International Solid-State Circuits Conference (2022 ISSCC), imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, KU Leuven, and PragmatIC Semiconductor, a world leader in flexible electronics, present the fastest 8-bit microprocessor in 0.8µ...
Goodbye Mr (expensive and wasteful) Chips
THE MANUFACTURER. Editor Joe Bush speaks to Ken Williamson, COO of PragmatIC Semiconductor, a manufacturer of ultra-thin, flexible and low-cost integrated circuits (ICs) to find out more about the company’s alternative approach to manufacturing.
GEOPIC project targets biodegradable microchips
EUREKA. The GEOPIC (Green Energy-Optimised Printed Transient Integrated Circuits) project will see the University of Glasgow team working with partners including ARM, PragmatIC and Zero Waste Scotland to design electronics that are more easily recycled into new forms to stem the growing problem of e...
Plastic chips bend computing
COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM. Semiconductors have radically changed the world. Today, they serve as the brains for computers, smartphones, home electronics, and a growing array of connected devices. Yet, there's a big problem: it is difficult (often impossible) to use silicon in harsh environments,...
PragmatIC Semiconductor: Advancing connective packaging technologies
PACKAGING INSIGHTS VIDEO INTERVIEW. After the company secured Series C funding of more than USD90M, PragmatIC Semiconductor’s CEO Scott White discusses the budding relationship with Amcor, benefits of PragmatIC’s solutions and future for connective packaging.
EU eases state aid rules in multi-billion euro chip boost as UK risks falling behind
CITY A.M. The European Commission is set to ease funding rules in order to pump billions into its innovative semiconductor programme. Scott White, chief exec of PragmatIC Semiconductor, told City A.M.: “The European Chips Act clearly demonstrates that the EU is not afraid to make significant i...
In conversation with Dipesh Patel from Arm
PragmatIC Semiconductor is delighted to welcome Dipesh Patel, Chief Technology Officer of Arm, to our Board of Directors. Dipesh has worked at Arm for 25 years, and now leads Arm’s Research and...
How can RFID and innovative electronics make authentication easier?
ELECTRONIC SPECIFIER. This piece from Gillian Ewers, VP, Product Management and Marketing at PragmatIC Semiconductor explains the value of radio frequency identification and innovative flexible electronics in the prevention of counterfeit technologies and other areas of production.