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In a small-device world, bigger may still be better

In the early days, standard computers could be as large as a single story house. Over the last several decades, many development efforts have focused on shrinking them for use in the home and eventually anywhere in the world ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Moving microfluidics from the lab bench to the factory floor

In the not-too-distant future, plastic chips the size of flash cards may quickly and accurately diagnose diseases such as AIDS and cancer, as well as detect toxins and pathogens in the environment. Such lab-on-a-chip ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

TDK launches eSSD series: Single chip Solid State Drives (SSD)

TDK Corporation has developed the eSSD series, a single chip 3Gbps SSD with serial ATA interface that uses multi-chip technology to integrate the TDK SSD controller GBDriver RS3 with NAND type flash memory ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Toshiba manufactures 19nm generation NAND Flash Memory with world's largest density, smallest die size

Toshiba Corporation today announced breakthroughs in NAND flash that secure major advances in chip density and performance. In the 19 nanometer generation, Toshiba has developed a 3-bit-per-cell 128 gigabit (Gb) chip with ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Intel packs performance and reliability into its latest SSD 520 series

Intel Corporation announced today its fastest, most robust client/consumer solid-state drive (SSD) to date, the Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series (Intel SSD 520), a 6 gigabit-per-second (gbps) SATA III SSD ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

S. Korea's Hynix swings to red in Q4 on poor demand

South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor, the world's second-largest maker of memory chips, said Thursday it swung into the red in the fourth quarter as chip prices fell on weak demand for personal computers.

Technology / Business

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Guinness World Record: DESY's X-ray laser FLASH shoots fastest movie

It's official: The world's fastest movie was shot by DESY's X-ray laser FLASH in Hamburg, Germany.

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Elpida Memory develops resistance RAM prototype

Elpida Memory, the world's third largest Dynamic Random Access Memory ("DRAM") manufacturer, today announced the development of its first-ever high-speed non-volatile resistance memory (ReRAM) prototype. As the ReRAM prototype ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Koobface computer virus gang unmasked

Online security researchers claimed Tuesday to have identified the members of a Russian gang of cyber criminals behind the Koobface computer virus which has attacked Facebook and other sites.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Apple has bought Israeli flash-memory co. Anobit

(AP) -- Apple confirmed Wednesday that it has bought Anobit Technologies, an Israeli maker of flash memory technology already used in many of Apple's gadgets.

Technology / Business

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Roku expands beyond Internet video-streaming boxes

Roku is thinking outside its set-top box in an attempt to bring more Internet video to flat-panel televisions.

Technology / Business

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Seoul approves Samsung's new investment in China

South Korea on Wednesday approved Samsung Electronics' plan to build a new plant in China to produce high-tech memory chips used in tablets and smartphones, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy said.

Technology / Business

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vertical silicon nanowires for nonvolatile memory devices

As electronic devices become smaller and more sophisticated, the search for compact nonvolatile memory becomes increasingly important. However, conventional silicon technologies, such as complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Apple buys Israeli start-up for $400 mn: reports

US giant Apple has finalised its first Israeli acquisition, agreeing to buy flash memory maker Anobit for about $400 million (307 million euros), local financial media reported on Wednesday.

Technology / Business

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research warns drivers about most deadly, accident-prone intersections

(PhysOrg.com) -- The difference between an intersection controlled by flashing lights and one controlled by a stop sign can play a big role in accident prevention, according to a new study by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0