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Novel technique shrinks size of nanotechnology circuitry

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (12) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Colorado at Boulder team has developed a new method of shrinking the size of circuitry used in nanotechnology devices like computer chips and solar cells by using two separate colors of light.


'Collapse' in semiconductor demand hits ASML

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Dutch computer chip equipment maker ASML on Wednesday announced net losses for the first quarter after a collapse in sales, but said it saw signs of improving market conditions.


New Laser Technique Advances Nanofabrication Process

New Laser Technique Advances Nanofabrication Process

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (10) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- The ability to create tiny patterns is essential to the fabrication of computer chips and many other current and potential applications of nanotechnology. Yet, creating ever smaller features, ...


'Voltage Patterning' could be next step in nanostructure lithography

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (15) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- "What you want these days is to have precise control of nanostructures. Using masks and optical techniques, it is possible to control how nanostructures grow for use in practical applications," David Field ...


Self-Programming Hybrid Memristor/Transistor Circuit Could Continue Moore's Law

Self-Programming Hybrid Memristor/Transistor Circuit Could Continue Moore's Law

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (42) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- As researchers strive to increase the density and functionality of circuit elements onto computer chips, one newer option they have is a memory resistor (or “memristor”), the fourth passive ...


Knowing when to fold: Engineers use 'nano-origami' to build tiny electronic devices (Video)

Knowing when to fold: Engineers use 'nano-origami' to build tiny electronic devices (Video)

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Folding paper into shapes such as a crane or a butterfly is challenging enough for most people. Now imagine trying to fold something that's about a hundred times thinner than a human hair ...


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250 DVDs on a quarter: New method of self-assembling nanoscale elements could transform data storage industry

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (35) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- An innovative and easily implemented technique in which nanoscale elements precisely assemble themselves over large surfaces could soon open doors to dramatic improvements in the data storage ...


Sub-atomic-scale Writing Using a Quantum Hologram Sets New Size Record

Sub-atomic-scale Writing Using a Quantum Hologram Sets New Size Record (Video)

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (19) | comments 13

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have set a new world record for the smallest writing, with features of letters as small as 0.3 nanometers, or roughly one third of a billionth of a meter. The accomplishment demonstrates ...


Quantum technologies move a step closer with the demonstration of an 'entanglement' filter

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of physicists and engineers has demonstrated an optical device that filters two particles of light (or photons) based on the correlations between their polarisation that are only allowed in the seemingly ...


Fabricating 3D Photonic Crystals

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- “In photonic crystals, the ability to control the structure of a material in full three dimensional space, allows you to control the way that light flows through it,” John Rogers tells PhysOrg.com. “This ...


Toshiba develops cost-effective 32nm CMOS platform technology by advanced single exposure lithography

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 18, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Toshiba Corporation today announced a cost-effective 32nm CMOS platform technology that offers higher density and improved performance while halving the cost per function from 45nm technology.


Measuring conductance of carbon nanotubes, one by one

Measuring conductance of carbon nanotubes, one by one

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 15, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A single batch of carbon nanotubes -- molecular carbon cylinders that may one day revolutionize electronics engineering -- often includes more than 100 types of tubes, each with different ...


Elpida Completes Development of New 50nm Process 2-Gigabit Mobile RAM

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 10, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Elpida Memory today announced that it had completed development of a 50nm process 2-gigabit Mobile RAM product using 50nm process technology with 193nm (ArF) immersion lithography and copper interconnect.


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Intel to produce 32nm chips

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 10, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (31) | comments 9

Intel Corp., the world's biggest computer chip-maker, said Wednesday that it has developed a manufacturing process that shrinks the circuitry in a chip to just 32 nanometers.


Un-masking a faster solution for chip-making

Un-masking a faster solution for chip-making

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 27, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed a promising solution to ‘mask-less’ semiconductor lithography and generated intense interest among major industry players.