News tagged with memory processes

Researchers prove new circuit pattern-design process, see promise for 14 nanometer design with directed self-assembly

(Phys.org) -- Researchers sponsored by Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) announced that they have successfully created contact hole patterns for a wide variety of practical logic and memory devices ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Visualization provides decision-makers with the big picture

The human brain is not very well-equipped for analysing multidimensional data. In his doctoral dissertation, Mikko Berg, M.Sc. (Tech.) examined how graphical visualizations can help people to understand complex data. One ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Physicists finds new path toward increasing semiconductor functionality

(PhysOrg.com) -- The past decade has seen the emergence of the field of spintronics, aimed at increasing the efficiency of information processing and computer memories. The idea behind spintronics is to harness the magnetic ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Feb 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Engineers boost computer processor performance by over 20 percent

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique that allows graphics processing units (GPUs) and central processing units (CPUs) on a single chip to collaborate – boosting processor performance ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

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

IBM to produce Micron's hybrid memory cube in debut of first commercial, 3D chip-making capability

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Micron Technology, Inc. announced today that Micron will begin production of a new memory device built using the first commercial CMOS manufacturing technology to employ through-silicon ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 5

Elpida develops industry's first 25nm process 4-gigabit DDR3 SDRAM

Elpida Memory today announced it had completed development of the industry's first 25-nanometer (nm) process 4-gigabit DDR3 SDRAM. The new chip is also the smallest 4-gigabit DRAM. The new cutting-edge smallest available ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Physicists demonstrate the quantum von Neumann architecture

A new paradigm in quantum information processing has been demonstrated by physicists at UC Santa Barbara. Their results are published in this week's issue of Science Express online.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (19) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Apple's updated MacBook Air props up cloud computing

Earlier this summer, Apple eliminated its entry-level plastic-clad MacBook to make the just-updated MacBook Air line, once a pricey niche laptop, its mainstream computer.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Reducing noise in quantum operation at room temperature

(PhysOrg.com) -- "A quantum memory is a crucial component of future quantum information processing technologies. Among these technologies, a quantum communications system based on light will enable vastly improved performance ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast feature

Review: Google all the time on the Chromebook

(AP) -- New laptops running Google's Chrome operating system offer a new approach in portable computing: Games, productivity tools and anything else you might need are handled by distant computers connected ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

New bandwidth management techniques boost operating efficiency in multi-core chips

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed two new techniques to help maximize the performance of multi-core computer chips by allowing them to retrieve data more efficiently, which boosts chip performance ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 25, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Samsung offers industry's first 64-gigabit MLC NAND flash, using toggle DDR 2.0 interface

Samsung Electronics today announced that it has started the industry's first production of a high-performance toggle DDR 2.0 multi-level-cell (MLC) memory chip. The new NAND flash chip features a 64 gigabit ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created May 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Elpida develops industry's first 25nm process DRAM

Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced it had developed a 2-gigabit DDR3 SDRAM using an industry-leading 25nm process for memory manufacturing. Using the most ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created May 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Older age memory loss tied to stress hormone receptor in brain

Scientists have shed new light on how older people may lose their memory with a development that could aid research into treatments for age-related memory disorders.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast