Pragmatic Semiconductor Limited

The Digital Economy will ultimately see billions (potentially trillions) of cameras and sensors- so-called 'edge' devices- deployed to record images for security and collect data about: people's health; industrial processes; weather; pollution; traffic levels, amongst many others. Processing this data into information to provide useful insights will requi...

Flexible Electronics has been one of the fastest developing technologies in recent decades. The traditional path is electronic components such as silicon chips (e.g., microcontrollers) integrated onto flexible substrates called “hybrid integration” or “flexible hybrid electronics” in integrated smart systems. We believe that this approach is not a viable ...

Semiwise, led by their CEO Prof. Asen Asenov, together with the National Microelectronics Institute (NMI) and Pragmatic Semiconductors are proposing an innovative training facility which will propel the UK to the forefront of semiconductor education. The facility will be a virtual reality semiconductor fab, equipped with the latest key equipment in semico...

Semiconductor technology has become an essential component of modern life. From smartphones to supercomputers, from electric vehicles to medical devices, semiconductors are the building blocks of the modern world. However, the semiconductor industry is dominated by a few large corporations, making it difficult for universities, spin-outs and start-ups to ...

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The retail industry has undergone numerous technological innovations in recent years, including segmented electronic shelf labels (ESL) using electronic paper displays (EPD) beginning to replace traditional paper price labels, which are time-consuming/expensive to update and often prone to error (around 5-10%) and customer dissatisfaction. Paper price lab...

An uncomfortable truth is that electronics is globally one of the most polluting industries. Semiconductors ("chip manufacturing") is overtaking automakers with the world's largest chip producer TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation) now producing more CO2 than GM (General Motors), and Intel rapidly approaching this crossover threshold. Man...

PragmatIC-Semiconductor has developed a unique technology platform for ultra-low-cost flexible electronics that could connect trillions of objects. The technology makes it viable to add RFID to low-value high-volume product packaging, to identify and trace objects throughout the whole lifecycle. **Our vision** for project TRACE (Technology-enabled Reusabl...

The vision for SecQuAL is a secure, quality assured, digitally enabled food ecosystem that will reduce waste, improve decision-making and provide consumers with confidence in the food they purchase and consume. The next best thing since sliced bread! SecQuAL's key objective is to overhaul the food supply chain from farm to fork. SecQuAL addresses current ...

Food and Drink (F&D) packaging manufacturers struggle to secure enough high-quality affordable recyclate to meet statutory targets for recycled content, and mass re-use schemes are not feasible with existing technologies. Manufacturers who fail to reduce environmental impact face major financial penalties and delisting by buyers. The current F&D packaging...

Plastic packaging waste is a \>$80Bn global opportunity according to the World Economic Forum. Only 14% of plastic packaging reaches recycling plants and only 9% is actually being recycled, whilst 40% ends up in landfill. The UK's Clean Growth Strategy has a goal to reduce emissions from landfill and achieve zero avoidable waste by 2050\. One way to reduc...

Plastic packaging waste is a \>$80Bn global opportunity according to the World Economic Forum. Only 14% of plastic packaging reaches recycling plants and only 9% is actually being recycled, whilst 40% ends up in landfill. The UK's Clean Growth Strategy has a goal to reduce emissions from landfill and achieve zero avoidable waste by 2050\. One way to reduc...