News tagged with clock speed

Toward faster transistors: New physical phenomenon could lead to increases in computers' clock speed

In the 1980s and ’90s, competition in the computer industry was all about "clock speed" — how many megahertz, and ultimately gigahertz, a chip could boast. But clock speeds stalled out almost 10 ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 13, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Astronomy without a telescope -- time freeze

There is a story told about traveling at the speed of light in which you are asked to imagine that you begin by standing in front of a big clock – like Big Ben. You realize that your current perception ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 24, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 26

Our devices will spin denser webs of data in 2010s

(AP) -- Ten years ago, we would have been blown away by a cell phone with far more computing power and memory than the average PC had in 1999, along with a built-in camera and programs to manage every aspect ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

IBM Announces Highest Performance Embedded Processor for System-on-Chip Designs

IBM today announced the industry's highest performance, highest throughput processor for system-on-chip (SoC) product families in the communication, storage, consumer, and aerospace and defense markets.

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New 167-processor chip is super-fast, ultra energy-efficient

A new, extremely energy-efficient processor chip that provides breakthrough speeds for a variety of computing tasks has been designed by a group at the University of California, Davis. The chip, dubbed AsAP, is ultra-small, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (21) | comments 4

Graphene could lead to faster chips

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research findings at MIT could lead to microchips that operate at much higher speeds than is possible with today's standard silicon chips, leading to cell phones and other communications ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 1