News tagged with computer chip technology


Indian schools to benefit from new computer chips

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

An educational initiative between Rice University computer scientists and Indian educators will enable schools in rural India to be some of the first to benefit from Rice's revolutionary, low-energy computer chips.





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Rambus says FTC has dropped antitrust claims

Technology / Business

created May 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Rambus Inc. said Thursday that the Federal Trade Commission has dropped its claim that the memory chip company violated antitrust laws in patenting technologies that were eventually incorporated into industry standards.


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Intel wants a chip implant in your brain

Technology / Hi Tech

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (34) | comments 49

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer chip maker Intel wants to implant a brain-sensing chip directly into the brains of its customers to allow them to operate computers and other devices without moving a muscle.


Dutch computer chip equipment maker ASML  announced net losses for the first quarter after a collapse in sales

'Collapse' in semiconductor demand hits ASML

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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


First-ever calculation performed on optical quantum computer chip

First-ever calculation performed on optical quantum computer chip

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (34) | comments 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- A primitive quantum computer that uses single particles of light (photons) whizzing through a silicon chip has performed its first mathematical calculation. This is the first time a calculation ...


'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.


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Intel Launches Three New Quad-core Processors

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (12) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Intel has launched three new quad-core processors utilizing Intel's new Nehalem architecture. These processors, formerly codenamed Lynnfield, are aimed at desktop computers, as well as the ...


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

Technology / Engineering

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

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, ...


Live-animal nerve regeneration study gets a boost

Live-animal nerve regeneration study gets a boost

Biology /

created Apr 11, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0

An MIT team has improved upon its landmark technology reported last year in which the researchers used a fingernail-sized lab on a chip to image, perform surgery on and sort tiny worms to study nerve regeneration.


Beating the backup blues

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Thomas Brunschwiler, Urs Kloter, Ryan Linderman, Bruno Michel from the IBM's Zurich Research Lab in Switzerland and Hilton Toy from the IBM Server & Technology Group in Fishkill, New York, have been honored with the 2008 ...


Memristor chip could lead to faster, cheaper computers

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (22) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- The memristor is a computer component that offers both memory and logic functions in one simple package. It has the potential to transform the semiconductor industry, enabling smaller, faster, cheaper chips ...



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