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To DDR3: Thanks for the memory but time for DDR4

(Phys.org) -- Micron Technology is polishing up its DDR4 memory modules, “sampling” the modules and getting feedback from major customers. The company plans to reach volume production later this year ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (10) | comments 43 | with audio podcast report

New adhesive device could let humans walk on walls (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Could humans one day walk on walls, like Spider-Man? A palm-sized device invented at Cornell that uses water surface tension as an adhesive bond just might make it possible.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 01, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (26) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Herschel's daring test: A glimpse of things to come

Herschel opened its 'eyes' on 14 June and the Photoconductor Array Camera and Spectrometer obtained images of M51, 'the whirlpool galaxy' for a first test observation. Scientists obtained images in three colours ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (25) | comments 2

Researchers demonstrate 100-watt-level mid-infrared lasers

Northwestern University researchers have achieved a breakthrough in quantum cascade laser output power, delivering 120 watts from a single device at room temperature.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Spiral swimmers may prove micro workhorses (w/Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard researchers have created a new type of microscopic swimmer: a magnetized spiral that corkscrews through liquids and is able to deliver chemicals and push loads larger than itself.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 0

University lab demonstrates 3-D printing in glass

A team of engineers and artists working at the University of Washington's Solheim Rapid Manufacturing Laboratory has developed a way to create glass objects using a conventional 3-D printer. The technique ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Intel, Micron sample 20nm NAND flash

Intel and Micron Technology today introduced a new, finer 20-nanometer (nm) process technology for manufacturing NAND flash memory. The new 20nm process produces an 8-gigabyte (GB) multi-level cell (MLC) NAND ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Intel, Micron Introduce 25-Nanometer NAND

Intel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc. today announced the world's first 25-nanometer (nm) NAND technology, which provides a more cost-effective path for increasing storage capacity in such popular ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 01, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (21) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Tiny 'MEMS' devices to filter, amplify electronic signals

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are developing a new class of tiny mechanical devices containing vibrating, hair-thin structures that could be used to filter electronic signals in cell phones and for other more ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Reducing ion exchange particles to nano-size shows big potential

Sometimes bigger isn't better. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory have successfully shown that they can replace useful little particles of monosodium titanate (MST) with even ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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

Taiwan seeks merger with restructured Elpida

(AP) -- Taiwan's government said Wednesday it would continue to push for the consolidation of the island's memory chip makers with Elpida Memory Inc., two days after the Japanese chipmaker filed for bankruptcy.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

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

Hynix applauds rejected $4 billion damages claim

South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor, the world's number two memory chipmaker, on Thursday welcomed a US court's rejection of claims by American firm Rambus for billions of dollars in damages.

Technology / Business

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Intel, Micron introduce world's first 128Gb NAND device and mass production of 64Gb 20nm NAND

Intel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc., today announced a new benchmark in NAND flash technology - the world's first 20 nanometer (nm), 128 gigabit (Gb), multilevel-cell (MLC) device. The companies ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Micrometre

A micrometre is one-millionth of a metre (1/1000 of a millimetre, or 0.001 mm). Its unit symbol in the International System of Units (SI) is μm.

The term micron and the symbol μ, representing the micrometre were officially accepted between 1879 and 1967, but officially revoked by the ISI in 1967.

In practice, micron is a widely used term in preference to micrometre in many English-speaking countries, and in American English the use of the term helps differentiate the unit from the micrometer, a measuring device, which would otherwise be spelled as a homonym with micrometre. The term micron has particular currency in science, and is extensively used in most English-speaking countries in the fields of geology, biology, physics, astronomy, and the semiconductor industry.

The micrometre is a common unit of measurement for wavelengths of infrared radiation.

For more information about Micrometre, read the full article at Wikipedia.
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