A Chinese university research team developed a breakthrough method to significantly reduce the cost of high-end infrared chips. This innovation utilizes conventional manufacturing techniques, potentially improving performance in smartphones and autonomous vehicles.

A research team at a Chinese university has developed a new way to make high-end infrared chips that could slash their cost dramatically and improve the performance of smartphone cameras and self-driving cars. The key breakthrough was finding a way to make the chips using conventional manufacturing techniques, rather than the exotic, costly materials that were relied on before. Mass production is set to begin by the end of the year, according to a press release from Xidian University. The chips....