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Scientists invent revolutionary chipset for high-speed wireless data transfer

Here is a new microchip that can transfer data the size of 80 MP3 song files (or 250 megabytes) wirelessly between mobile devices, in the flick of a second. Or how about transferring a typical 2-hour, 8-gigabyte DVD movie ...

Technology / Semiconductors

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

Computing experts unveil superefficient 'inexact' chip

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. ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (25) | comments 44 | with audio podcast

Nano-factory promises great things for graphene science

Forty times stronger than steel and conducting electricity ten times better than silicon, graphene is the wonder material that could one day replace silicon in microchips. Now the University is opening a new ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Micron, Oracle settle lawsuit over chip prices

(AP) -- Micron Technology Inc. has settled a lawsuit in which Oracle Corp. accused the Idaho memory chipmaker and other companies of artificially inflating prices for microchips.

Technology / Business

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

S. Korea's Hynix bids for Japan's Elpida

SK Hynix, the world's second largest microchip maker, said Friday it has submitted a preliminary bid for its struggling Japanese rival Elpida Memory.

Technology / Business

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New nanoglue is thin and supersticky

Engineers at the University of California, Davis, have invented a superthin "nanoglue" that could be used in new-generation microchip fabrication.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New chips, faster networks to improve phone audio

Smartphone owners can surf the Web, pay bills, watch videos, enjoy music and send email. But while their gadgets have been designed to handle increasing amounts of data, experts say, less attention has been paid to their ...

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers invent device to rapidly detect infectious disease

Infectious diseases can spread very rapidly, so quickly identifying them can be crucial to stopping an epidemic. However, current testing for such diseases can take hours and days. But not for much longer.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Researchers develop a new approach to producing 3-D microchips

Microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS, are small devices with huge potential. Typically made of components less than 100 microns in size — the diameter of a human hair — they have been used as ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hundreds of gamers flock to Brazil tech fest

Hundreds of geeks and gamers braved Sao Paulo's torrid heat Tuesday to play online video games at the fifth edition of Brazil's Campus Party, an annual, week-long technology fest.

Technology / Software

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

iPad chip designer ARM Holdings posts strong profits

ARM Holdings, the British company whose microchip designs are used to help power Apple's iPads, posted strong fourth-quarter profits Tuesday thanks to keen demand for smarter technology.

Technology / Business

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Russia blames radiation for space probe failure

The head of Russia's space agency said Tuesday that cosmic radiation was the most likely cause of the failure of a Mars moon probe that crashed to Earth this month, and suggested that a low-quality imported ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Chip companies foresee slower growth

Microchip company executives expect the economy's continuing sluggishness to put a drag on their finances as well as their spending on new hires, capital improvements and research and development efforts next year, according ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

UV lithography: Taking extreme measures

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometime soon, microchip fabricators will take the next major step in the relentless reduction of feature size, from the current minimum of 22 nm down to 10 nm and perhaps even smaller. Getting ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

First molybdenite microchip

(PhysOrg.com) -- Molybdenite, a new and very promising material, can surpass the physical limits of silicon. EPFL scientists have proven this by making the first molybdenite microchip, with smaller and more ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (22) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

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