(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have literally taken a leap into a new era of computing power by making the world's smallest precision-built transistor - a "quantum dot" of just seven atoms in a single silicon crystal. Despite ...
Quantum Physics
May 24, 2010
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A team of Australian engineers has proven—with the highest score ever obtained—that a quantum version of computer code can be written, and manipulated, using two quantum bits in a silicon microchip. The advance removes ...
Quantum Physics
Nov 16, 2015
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Researchers have unveiled an "inexact" computer chip that challenges the industry's dogmatic 50-year pursuit of accuracy. The design improves power and resource efficiency by allowing for occasional errors. Prototypes unveiled ...
Computer Sciences
May 17, 2012
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Rice University physicists have created a tiny "electron superhighway" that could one day be useful for building a quantum computer, a new type of computer that will use quantum particles in place of the digital transistors ...
Quantum Physics
Oct 4, 2011
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Japan's Fujitsu has ceded rights to the "iPad" name to Apple, just in time for the tablet computer from the California company to hit US stores next month.
Business
Mar 26, 2010
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An international team of researchers has taken a big step closer to creating an optical quantum computer, which has the potential to engineer new drugs and optimise energy-saving methods.
Quantum Physics
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There was a time when Steve Mehta was on his laptop nonstop. Nowadays, he hardly touches it.
Consumer & Gadgets
May 13, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A collaborative research project has brought the world a step closer to producing a new material on which future nanotechnology could be based. Researchers across Europe, including the UK's National Physical ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 19, 2010
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Scientists at the University of Glasgow, in collaboration with colleagues from Edinburgh, Manchester, Southampton and York universities, have developed technology which will help microchip designers create future integrated ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Nov 29, 2009
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Silicon's crown is under threat: The semiconductor's days as the king of microchips for computers and smart devices could be numbered, thanks to the development of the smallest transistor ever to be built from a rival material, ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Dec 10, 2012
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