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Melting Defects Could Lead To Smaller, More Powerful Microchips Princeton NJ (SPX) May 05, 2008 
As microchips shrink, even tiny defects in the lines, dots and other shapes etched on them become major barriers to performance. Princeton engineers have now found a way to literally melt away such defects, using a process that could dramatically improve chip quality without increasing fabrication cost. The method, published in Nature Nanotechnology, enables more precise shaping of ... read more |
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Hybrid Computer Materials May Lead To Faster, Cheaper Technology
Columbia MO (SPX) Apr 08, 2008A modern computer contains two different types of components: magnetic components, which perform memory functions, and semiconductor components, which perform logic operations. A University of Missouri researcher, as part of a multi-university research team, is working to combine these two functions in a single hybrid material. This new material would allow seamless integration of memory a ... more Carbon Nanotubes And Superconductors To Replace The Silicon Chip 
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 03, 2008The silicon chip, which has supplied several decades' worth of remarkable increases in computing power and speed, looks unlikely to be capable of sustaining this pace for more than another decade - in fact, in a plenary talk at the conference, Suman Datta of Pennsylvania State University, USA, gives the conventional silicon chip no longer than four years left to run. As silicon computer ... more Intel unveils tiny chips tailored for mobile Internet gadgets 
San Francisco (AFP) April 2, 2008The world's biggest computer chip maker Intel unveiled on Wednesday a set of tiny "Atom" processors it says will give mobile devices desktop computing power. Energy-sipping Atom chips coupled with graphics technology will be built into sleek "smart phones" and other "mobile Internet devices" (MIDs) that fit in people's pockets, according to the US company. Atom processing combined with ... more Study: Electronics revolution now in sight 
Gaithersburg, Md. (UPI) Mar 20, 2008 U.S. scientists say they've set the stage for the "evolutionary link" between today's microelectronics and future devices made from organic molecules. National Institute of Standards and Technology researchers said they have demonstrated a single layer of organic molecules can be assembled on the same kind of substrate that is used in conventional microchips. The scientists said ... more Science moves closer to tiny electronics 
Boulder, Colo. (UPI) Mar 20, 2008 U.S. scientists have discovered thin films of "metamaterials" can reduce the size of resonating circuits that generate microwaves. National Institute of Standards and Technology researchers said the use of metamaterials - man-made composites engineered to offer strange combinations of electromagnetic properties - is a step toward substantially shrinking the size of electronic devices ... more |
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Boston MA (SPX) Feb 06, 2008Researchers at MIT and Texas Instruments have unveiled a new chip design for portable electronics that can be up to 10 times more energy-efficient than present technology. The design could lead to cell phones, implantable medical devices and sensors that last far longer when running from a battery. The innovative design will be presented Feb. 5 at the International Solid-State Circuits ... more New Polymer Could Improve Semiconductor Manufacturing, Packaging 
Troy NY (SPX) Jan 29, 2008Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Polyset Company have developed a new inexpensive, quick-drying polymer that could lead to dramatic cost savings and efficiency gains in semiconductor manufacturing and computer chip packaging. Along with allowing enhanced performance and cost savings for conventional photolithography processes, the new material, called polyset epoxy siloxane ... more Algae may lead to new computer chips 
Madison, Wis. (UPI) Jan 22, 2008 U.S. scientists say the study of diatoms -- algae that encase themselves in patterned, glass-like shells -- might lead to an advance in computer chips. University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers said the tiny unicellular phytoplankton build their hard cell walls by depositing submicron-sized lines of silica, a compound related to silicon. ... more Hybrid Semiconductors Show Zero Thermal Expansion 
Argonne IL (SPX) Jan 03, 2008The fan in your computer is there to keep the microprocessor chip from heating to the point where its component materials start to expand, inducing cracks that interrupt the flow of electricity - and not incidentally, ruin the chip. Thermal expansion can also separate semiconducting materials from the substrate, reduce performance through changes in the electronic structure of the material or wa ... more UCLA Scientists Working To Create Smaller, Faster Integrated Circuits 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 03, 2008Integrated circuits are the "brain" in computers, cell phones, DVD players, iPhones, personal digital assistants, automobiles' navigation systems and anti-lock brakes, and many other electronic devices. A team of UCLA scientists has now demonstrated substantial improvements in integrated circuits, achieved not by costly improvements in manufacturing but by improved computer-aided design software ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Nov 12, 2007Researchers at the National Institute of Standards of Technology (NIST) and George Mason University have demonstrated what is probably the world's smallest microwave oven, a tiny mechanism that can heat a pinhead-sized drop of liquid inside a container slightly shorter than an ant and half as wide as a single hair. The micro microwave is intended for lab-on-a-chip devices that perform rapid, com ... more New Computer Program Automates Chip Debugging 
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Nov 06, 2007Fixing design bugs and wrong wire connections in computer chips after they've been fabricated in silicon is a tedious, trial-and-error process that often costs companies millions of dollars and months of time-to-market. Engineering researchers at the University of Michigan say it doesn't have to be that way. They've developed a new technology to automate "post-silicon debugging." "Today's ... more Samsung claims most powerful memory chip 
Seoul (AFP) Oct 23, 2007South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Tuesday it has developed the world's most powerful memory chip, which could help create a memory card capable of storing 80 DVD movies. The company said in a statement it has developed the world's first 64-gigabit NAND flash memory product, which it called "a major leap forward" in flash storage. Up to 16 of the chips could be combined to make a 128 ... more Spending on computer technology in 2007 to top a trillion dollars 
San Francisco (AFP) Oct 18, 2007Spending on computer technology will top a trillion dollars this year as the industry grows increasingly vital to national economies worldwide, according to a study by the technology market intelligence firm IDC released Thursday. An analysis of 82 countries and regions found that information technology (IT) businesses -- computer hardware, software and services -- are major generators of jo ... more Novel Semiconductor Structure Bends Light Wrong Way - The Right Direction For Many Apps 
Princeton NJ (SPX) Oct 16, 2007A Princeton-led research team has created an easy-to-produce material from the stuff of computer chips that has the rare ability to bend light in the opposite direction from all naturally occurring materials. This startling property may contribute to significant advances in many areas, including high-speed communications, medical diagnostics and detection of terrorist threats. The new subs ... more
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