New Chip Design Shows Promise as Micro-Cooling System for Computers
A new piece of technology called an 'intrachip' promises to deliver a totally revolutionary type of cooling system for radars and supercomputers.
Tiny Chip Technology to Extend Battery Power and Reduce Heat
An incredibly small chip is changing the way we look at power and speed in many of our most used devices.
Memory Model Tool to Help Identify Design Flaws
A new research project proposes to fight back against memory loss in computers and bring an end to pervasive design flaws.
This Chip Has 1,000 Independent Processors
A new microchip containing 1,000 independent programmable processors but is very energy efficient. The “KiloCore” chip can process 1.78 trillion instructions per second, contains 621 million transistors, and could be powered by a single AA battery.
Extreme-Ultraviolet Technology Could Keep Moore’s Law Alive
Intel’s co-founder Gordon Moore famously predicted in 1965 that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits would continue to double every two years. His observation, dubbed “Moore’s Law” h... Read More...
X-ray Scattering Measures Nanoscale Chip Details
An example CDSAXS scattering pattern (left) shows the interference patterns created by the shape of the nanostructure, which ultimately yield a "best fit" shape model (top, right). The corresponding cross-sect... Read More...
3D Stacked Computer Chips Combine Logic and Memory
A conventional chip on the left and Stanford's new stacked chip on the right
Carbon nanotubes solve many engineering challenges, and now a team from Stanford University has used them to make a computer chip... Read More...
IBM Unveils Brain-Inspired Computer Chip
This month at a lab in Silicon Valley, IBM displayed a system that is like a digital brain. The machine, called TrueNorth, is made up of chips that were inspired by neurons, the cells that transmit information ... Read More...
IBM’s New Chip Proves Moore’s Law is Still Alive
IBM has just announced a milestone for the semiconductor industry that will enable 20 billion transistors to be placed on a chip the size of a fingernail. In 1965 Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, predicted th... Read More...
Tiny Nano-Optical Cables Could Replace Computer Chip Copper Wiring
University of Alberta engineers have designed nano-optical cables that are ten times smaller than current fiber optic cables. These new nano-optical cables are small enough to replace copper wiring that is curr... Read More...