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Faster computation for artificial intelligence, with much less energy
Aug 03, 2022 (SPX)
Programmable resistors are the key building blocks in analog deep learning, just like transistors are the core elements for digital processors. By repeating arr...
Molecular electronics: a possible solution beyond Moore's Law
Aug 03, 2022 (SPX)
Publishing in the journal, Nature, the team led by researchers based at the National Graphene Institute (NGI) used stacks of 2D materials like graphene to trap ...
US Senate passes bill to boost domestic chip manufacturing
Jul 28, 2022 (AFP)
Global semiconductor supplies were disrupted by fallout from Covid-19 shutdowns, sparking widespread shortages of the chips -- many of which are made in Asia. T...
Boosting memory performance by strong ion bombardment
Jul 26, 2022 (SPX)
POSTECH professor Yoonyoung Chung (Department of Electrical Engineering and Department of Semiconductor Engineering) and Ph.D. candidate Seongmin Park (Departme...
CAES' Quad Core LEON4FT processor selected for on-orbit servicing spacecraft
Jul 25, 2022 (SPX)
The MRV is the second-generation servicing vehicle following the Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) which was deployed in 2020 to extend the life of aging satellit...
The best semiconductor of them all
Jul 25, 2022 (SPX)
For one thing, although silicon lets electrons whizz through its structure easily, it is much less accommodating to "holes" - electrons' positively charged coun...
Putin vows to overcome 'colossal' high-tech problems caused by sanctions
Jul 18, 2022 (AFP)
The Kremlin chief said the West had deployed sanctions to cut off Russia from high-tech products in order to contain the country's development. He said that Rus...
Atomic level deposition to extend Moore's law and beyond
Jul 17, 2022 (SPX)
Now, the critical size of FETs is down to 7 nm, namely there's almost 7 billion transistors per square centimeter on one chip, which brings huge challenges for ...
Taiwan's TSMC second-quarter revenue rise 44 percent
Jul 14, 2022 (AFP)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company operates the world's largest silicon wafer factories and produces some of the most advanced microchips used in everyt...
Optical wireless: The new frontier for self-driving vehicles and portable devices in a chip
Jul 08, 2022 (SPX)
This operation is made possible by a programmable photonic processor built on a silicon chip of just 5 mm2. The processor created is able to receive all the opt...
Physicists work to shrink microchips with first one-dimensional helium model system
Jul 07, 2022 (SPX)
Microchips are everywhere, running computers and cars, and even helping people find lost pets. As microchips grow smaller, faster and capable of doing more thin...
Giant Rashba semiconductors show unconventional dynamics
Jul 07, 2022 (SPX)
Further progress requires new materials that harness quantum effects rather than avoid them. Spintronic devices, which use spins of electrons rather than their ...
A four-stroke engine for atoms
Jul 07, 2022 (SPX)
However, an amazing effect has now been discovered at TU Wien (Vienna): In a crystal based on oxides of gadolinium and manganese, an atomic switch was found tha...
Electrospinning promises major improvements in wearable technology
Jun 29, 2022 (SPX)
Engineering wearables for optimal skin conformity, breathability, and biocompatibility without compromising the tunability of their mechanical, electrical, and ...
Nanostructured surfaces for future quantum computer chips
Jun 23, 2022 (SPX)
New optical elements for manipulating light will allow for more advanced applications in modern information technology, particularly in quantum computers. Howev...
A golden ticket to smaller electronics
Jun 23, 2022 (SPX)
Three-dimensional integrated circuits are playing an increasingly important role in electronic devices. Compared with conventional 2D circuits, these architectu...
Controlled synthesis of crystal flakes paves path for advanced future electronics
Jun 21, 2022 (SPX)
The researchers, led by Lin Zhou, associate professor of chemistry at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, focused on indium arsenide (InAs), a narrow bandga...
Engineers build LEGO-like artificial intelligence chip
Jun 14, 2022 (SPX)
Now MIT engineers have taken a step toward that modular vision with a LEGO-like design for a stackable, reconfigurable artificial intelligence chip. The design ...
A quantum drum that stores quantum states for record-long times
Jun 10, 2022 (SPX)
The quantum drum is now connected to a read-out unit As a first step, the team of researchers has combined the membrane with a superconducting microwave circuit...
Thermal insulation for quantum technologies
May 20, 2022 (SPX)
A team led by Dr Klaus Habicht from HZB has now taken a big step forward in this direction. Using a novel sintering process, they produced samples of silicon an...
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