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Mobile chipmaker Qualcomm hit with US antitrust suit
Jan 17, 2017 (AFP)
Mobile chip giant Qualcomm was hit Tuesday with a US antitrust suit alleging it abused its dominant position in the market for processors used in cell phones an...
Taiwan microchip giant to boost US jobs: company
Jan 12, 2017 (AFP)
Microchip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) says it will create more jobs in the United States as the firm posted record profits. Chairman Mor...
Illinois team advances GaN-on-Silicon for scalable high electron mobility transistors
Jan 10, 2017 (SPX)
A team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has advanced gallium nitride (GaN)-on-silicon transistor technology by optimizing the co...
Researchers create practical and versatile microscopic optomechanical device
Jan 10, 2017 (SPX)
Researchers have developed a new type of optomechanical device that uses a microscopic silicon disk to confine optical and mechanical waves. The new device is h...
Physicists solve decades-old scientific mystery of negative differential resistance
Jan 10, 2017 (SPX)
With a storied history that includes more than a half-century of research, a Nobel Prize, and multiple attempts at practical applications, the story of negative...
Germanium's semiconducting and optical properties probed under pressure
Jan 04, 2017 (SPX)
Germanium may not be a household name like silicon, its group-mate on the periodic table, but it has great potential for use in next-generation electronics and ...
Scientists turn memory chips into processors to speed up computing tasks
Jan 04, 2017 (SPX)
A team of international scientists have found a way to make memory chips perform computing tasks, which is traditionally done by computer processors like those ...
Random access memory on a low energy diet
Jan 04, 2017 (SPX)
Memory chips are among the most basic components in computers. The random access memory is where processors temporarily store their data, which is a crucial fun...
Electron-photon small-talk could have big impact on quantum computing
Jan 03, 2017 (SPX)
In a step that brings silicon-based quantum computers closer to reality, researchers at Princeton University have built a device in which a single electron can ...
ONR global seeks more powerful electronic devices
Jan 03, 2017 (SPX)
Groundbreaking energy research from the United Arab Emirates, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG), is the focus of an article published this...
An invisible electrode
Dec 22, 2016 (SPX)
Transparent conductors are one of the key elements of today's electronic and optoelectronic devices such as displays, light emitting diodes, photovoltaic cells,...
The world's first demonstration of spintronics-based artificial intelligence
Dec 22, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers at Tohoku University have, for the first time, successfully demonstrated the basic operation of spintronics-based artificial intelligence. Artificia...
World's smallest radio receiver has building blocks the size of 2 atoms
Dec 21, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have made the world's smallest radio receiver - built out of an assembly...
Movable microplatform floats on a sea of droplets
Dec 20, 2016 (SPX)
Microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS, are tiny machines fabricated using equipment and processes developed for the production of electronic chips and devices...
Fast track control accelerates switching of quantum bits
Dec 20, 2016 (SPX)
From laptops to cellphones, today's technology advances through the ever-increasing speed at which electric charges are directed through circuits. Similarly, sp...
Fundamental solid state phenomenon unraveled
Dec 20, 2016 (SPX)
Whether water freezes to ice, iron is demagnetized or a material becomes superconducting - for physicists there is always a phase transition behind it. They end...
Electron highway inside crystal
Dec 13, 2016 (SPX)
Physicists of the University of Wurzburg have made an astonishing discovery in a specific type of topological insulators. The effect is due to the structure of ...
Stamping technique creates tiny circuits with electronic ink
Dec 13, 2016 (SPX)
The next time you place your coffee order, imagine slapping onto your to-go cup a sticker that acts as an electronic decal, letting you know the precise tempera...
Further improvement of qubit lifetime for quantum computers
Dec 12, 2016 (SPX)
An international team of scientists has succeeded in making further improvements to the lifetime of superconducting quantum circuits. An important prerequisite ...
Physicists decipher electronic properties of materials in work that may change transistors
Dec 07, 2016 (SPX)
University of Texas at Dallas physicists have published new findings examining the electrical properties of materials that could be harnessed for next-generatio...
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