Can new technologies and changing habits help reduce food waste?
PACKAGING EUROPE. One-third of all food produced in the world is wasted every year. How can our industry help to solve this issue? One of the answers, according to Joshua Young, Circular Economy Manager at PragmatIC, is smart packaging.
Use, clean, repeat
PACKAGING NEWS. Reusable and refillable packaging is said to offer brands and consumers a way to take more control over making packaging more eco-friendly. Tony Corbin looks at the latest developments and talks to industry experts, including Joshua Young, Circular Economy Manager at PragmatIC.
Innovative manufacturer's North East investment set to create 'global success story'
BUSINESS LIVE. PragmatIC's Chief Commercial Officer, Alastair Hanlon, says all eyes in the world semiconductor industry are on the County Durham firm.
UK project to pilot NFC for tracking reusable containers
RFID JOURNAL. The two-year TRACE project, led by a consortium that includes PragmatIC Semiconductor, will monitor NFC-tagged beverage bottles and food trays as they are sold, returned to a store, cleaned and then reused.
Can we reimagine the future of the semiconductor industry?
FORBES. Scott White, CEO at PragmatIC Semiconductor, shares his thoughts about the future of the semiconductor industry, in light of the global chip shortage and growing geopolitical concerns over international supply chains.
Meet the Flex6502 — A Flexible 6502 CPU
EE JOURNAL. Max Maxfield shares his thoughts on the flexible 6502 - the world’s fastest 8-bit 6502 microprocessor developed by Imec, KU Leuven and PragmatIC Semiconductor.
First 300mm fab for UK
EENEWS EUROPE. PragmatIC Semiconductor has announced the UK’s first 300mm fab for its plastic chips. The fab in Durham, north east UK, will make up to 10 billion RFID plastic chips a year on 300mm wafers as substrates. Scott White, CEO at PragmatIC, spoke to eeNews to explain more.
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.
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.