Dear Reader,

Welcome to our latest issue of the CDE Research Newsletter, covering an exciting array of innovation in a timely topic: Microelectronics.

Microelectronics have impacted so many facets of our daily lives, on a global scale. From helping artificial intelligence to achieve new heights, to driving our handheld technologies of tomorrow, the microelectronics domain has soared to new frontiers - here at CDE.

This issue highlights a series of remarkable advances from our ecosystem. They include Opto-Resistive RAM switches that are sensitive to light, while also being rapidly reconfigurable and durable across cycles, heralding neural computation capabilities with markedly reduced energy and space requirements. Additional innovations span multifunctional memory platforms, new ways to power the AI of the future, and other exciting discoveries.

Reaching unprecedented innovation takes a community, and in addition to the technology advances reported in this issue, we spotlight how our pioneering research centres, including Singapore Hybrid-Integrated Next-Generation u-Electronics (SHINE) Centre and Applied Materials-NUS Advanced Materials Corporate Lab are leading the way in first-in-kind academic-industry collaborations to power first-in-kind photonics while training our innovation leaders of tomorrow.

With each groundbreaking discovery, the CDE community continues to show that real-world impact is at the heart of our ethos. We hope you enjoy this window into our latest contributions.

All the best,
Dean Ho
Editor-in-Chief