Compound semiconductors are driving the evolution of gadgets, electric vehicles and quantum computing

Compound semiconductors are driving the evolution of gadgets, electric vehicles and quantum computing

Cardiff, Wales: All modern technology has the same beating heart. Smartphones, tablets, smart home devices, in-car entertainment systems, and even the complexity of electric vehicles (EVs) all require a silicon chip during the manufacturing process to operate them. Until the 2020 global pandemic and subsequent lockdowns brought supply chains to an abrupt halt, no one … Read more

Tesla CEO Elon Musk talks AI, energy and electric vehicles at EEI 2023

Elon Musk, CEO of Austin-based Tesla, spoke at an annual conference of the Edison Electric Institute, or EEI, the association of US shareholder-owned electric companies on the future of sustainable energy and the electric transportation industry .

Austin-based Tesla CEO Elon Musk is no stranger to electrification and the power needed to charge a vehicle battery or power a home. As the electric transportation and other green industries grow, the billionaire predicted that the demand for more energy will increase “exponentially” and urged the energy industry to prepare accordingly, during a keynote … Read more