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Layers of Logic Produce Skyscraper Chips
Stanford engineers have created a four-layer prototype high-rise chip. The bottom and top layers are transistors, which are sandwiched between two layers of memory. Credit: Max Shulaker, Stanford...
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New Process Yields Better Solar Cells, Faster Chips
Silicon is the common material used in solar cells and computer chips, but gallium arsenide is an alternative material with many advantages. Image: YouTube/Stanford University When we think of chips...
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Microbattery with Supercapacitor-Like Power
The high-performance 3D microbattery is suitable for large-scale on-chip integration.Image: Engineering at Illinois Engineers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s College of...
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Implantable Drug-Delivery Device to Hit Market
When an electrical current is delivered to one of the chip’s tiny reservoirs, a single does of therapeutics releases into the body.Image: MIT/Microchips Biotech After extensive research, MIT engineers...
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New Material to Make Better Transistors
According to new research, black phosphorus may have the potential to outpace silicon. Image: McGill University We’re one step closer to atomic layer transistors due to recent research by a team of...
View ArticleIBM’s New Chip Quadruples Capacity
In recent years, the semiconductor industry has struggled to keep up with the pace of the legendary Moore’s Law. With the current 14-nanometer generation of chips, researchers have begun to question if...
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Developing Carbon Nanotube Transistors
Since the development of the transistor in 1947, the semiconductor industry has been working to rapidly and continuously improve performance and processing speeds of computer chips. Following Gordon...
View ArticleDriving the Progress Predicted by Moore’s Law
The iconic Moore’s law has predicted the technological growth of the chip industry for more than 50 years. When ECS member and co-founder of Intel Gordon Moore proposed the law, he stated that the...
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The Death of Moore’s Law
The future of technology Image: Tau Zero/Flickr The iconic Moore’s law has guided Silicon Valley and the technology industry at large for over 50 years. Moore’s prediction that the number of...
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High-Frequency Chip Makes Fastest Internet Speeds Look Slow
Engineers have created a high-frequency electronic chip potentially capable of transmitting tens of gigabits of data per second, much faster than the fastest internet available today. Omeed Momeni, an...
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