A group of researchers in Japan has developed a new type of processor known as PAXEL, a device that can potentially bypass Moore’s Law and increase the speed and efficiency of computing. PAX... Read more
An important breakthrough in transistor technology has been achieved at TU Wien: With the help of novel insulators, high-quality transistors can be produced using two-dimensional materials.... Read more
The breakthrough involves controlling energy levels between electron valleys in 2-D semiconductors In the world of semiconductor physics, the goal is to devise more efficient and microscopic... Read more
Storing one bit in one atom is possible One bit of digital information can now be successfully stored in an individual atom, according to a study just published in Nature. Current commercial... Read more
Sandia explores neural computing to extend Moore’s Law Computation is stuck in a rut. The integrated circuits that powered the past 50 years of technological revolution are reaching their ph... Read more
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed new, nonlinear, chaos-based integrated circuits that enable computer chips to perform multiple functions with fewer transistors.... Read more
Along with the fast development of modern information technology, charge-based memories, such as DRAM and flash memory, are being aggressively scaled down to meet the current trend of small... Read more
IBM said on Thursday that it had made working versions of ultradense computer chips, with roughly four times the capacity of today’s most powerful chips. The announcement, made on behalf of... Read more
A team of IBM researchers in Zurich, Switzerland, with support from colleagues in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., has developed a relatively simple, robust and versatile process for growing crystals... Read more
Conventional silicon-based computing, which has advanced by leaps and bounds in recent decades, is pushing against its practical limits. DNA computing could help take the digital era to the... Read more
How fast is online learning evolving? Are wind turbines a promising investment? And how long before a cheap hoverboard makes it to market? Attempting to answer such questions requires knowin... Read more
Single molecule technology could finally break Moore’s law and allow gadgets to store huge amounts of data on tiny flash storage cards. Chemists behind the new molecules say the new te... Read more
This concept opens up new avenues in large area nanoconstruction, for example in templating nanowires, which is currently under investigation. To ensure the survival of Moore’s law and... Read more
One can switch the state of an electron’s orbit 10,000 times faster than you can switch the state of a transistor used in computing today The demand for computing power is constantly rising,... Read more
It is time for computer designers to work smart instead of strong, which is just what Devadas is doing. Computer scientists at MIT have developed a 110-core CPU chip based on a new architect... Read more