Engineers design artificial synapse for 'brain-on-a-chip' hardware
When it comes to processing power, the human brain just can't be beat.
Materials Science
Jan 22, 2018
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News tagged with silicon germanium
Project pioneers use of silicon-germanium for space electronics applications
A five-year project led by the Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a novel approach to space electronics that could change how space vehicles and instruments are designed. The new capabilities are based on silicon-germanium ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Nov 30, 2010
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First germanium laser brings us closer to 'optical computers'
(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers have demonstrated the first laser built from germanium that can produce wavelengths of light useful for optical communication. It’s also the first germanium laser to operate at room temperature. ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 4, 2010
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New silicon-germanium nanowires could lead to smaller, more powerful electronic devices
(PhysOrg.com) -- Microchip manufacturers have long faced challenges miniaturizing transistors, the key active components in nearly every modern electronic device, which are used to amplify or switch electronic signals.
Nanophysics
Dec 9, 2009
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Researchers improve semiconductor laser on silicon
Electrical engineering researchers have boosted the operating temperature of a promising new semiconductor laser on silicon substrate, moving it one step closer to possible commercial application.
Optics & Photonics
Jun 20, 2019
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Making silicon-germanium core fibers a reality
Glass fibres do everything from connecting us to the internet to enabling keyhole surgery by delivering light through medical devices such as endoscopes. But as versatile as today's fiber optics are, scientists around the ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 25, 2016
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Researchers produce industry's first 7nm node test chips
An alliance led by IBM Research today announced that it has produced the semiconductor industry's first 7nm (nanometer) node test chips with functioning transistors. The breakthrough, accomplished in partnership with GLOBALFOUNDRIES ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Jul 9, 2015
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Production process doubles speed and efficiency of flexible electronics
Stretched-out clothing might not be a great practice for laundry day, but in the case of microprocessor manufacture, stretching out the atomic structure of the silicon in the critical components of a device can be a good ...
Nanophysics
Feb 19, 2013
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With new design, bulk semiconductor proves it can take the heat
The intense interest in harvesting energy from heat sources has led to a renewed push to discover materials that can more efficiently convert heat into electricity. Some researchers are finding those gains by re-designing ...
Nanophysics
Apr 25, 2012
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Swiss researchers present breakthrough in semiconductor structuring
(PhysOrg.com) -- ETH Zurich physicists, in collaboration with colleagues at universities in Switzerland and abroad, have made a breakthrough in the manufacture of monolithic semiconductor structures on silicon. The new structures ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Mar 29, 2012
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