News tagged with integrated
New, Unusual Semiconductor is a Switch-Hitter
Jan 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A research group in Germany has discovered a semiconducting material that can switch its semiconducting properties -- turning from one type of semiconductor to another -- via a simple change in temperature. ...
Internet Growth Follows Moore's Law Too
Jan 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Originally, Moore’s Law described the number of transistors that can fit on an integrated circuit, which doubles approximately every 18 months. Now, a team of researchers from China has discovered ...
Discovery brings new type of fast computers closer to reality
Sep 27, 2009 |
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Physicists at UC San Diego have successfully created speedy integrated circuits with particles called "excitons" that operate at commercially cold temperatures, bringing the possibility of a new type of extremely ...
Graphene Shows High Current Capacity and Thermal Conductivity
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent research into the properties of graphene nanoribbons provides two new reasons for using the material as interconnects in future computer chips. In widths as narrow as 16 nanometers, ...
Silicon with afterburners: New process could be boon to electronics manufacturer
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 23, 2009 |
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Scientists at Rice University and North Carolina State University have found a method of attaching molecules to semiconducting silicon that may help manufacturers reach beyond the current limits of Moore's ...
Graphene may have advantages over copper for IC interconnects at the nanoscale
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 04, 2009 |
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The unique properties of thin layers of graphite - known as graphene - make the material attractive for a wide range of potential electronic devices. Researchers have now experimentally demonstrated the potential ...
Graphene Yields Secrets to Its Extraordinary Properties
May 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Applying innovative measurement techniques, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have directly measured the unusual energy ...
Catching the lightwave: Nano-mechanical sensors 'wired' by photonics
Apr 26, 2009 |
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As researchers push towards detection of single molecules, single electron spins and the smallest amounts of mass and movement, Yale researchers have demonstrated silicon-based nanocantilevers, smaller than ...
Scientists build world's first nanofluidic device with complex 3-D surfaces
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Cornell University have capitalized on a process for manufacturing integrated circuits at ...
Memristor chip could lead to faster, cheaper computers
Mar 17, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Easy assembly of electronic biological chips
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A handheld, ultra-portable device that can recognize and immediately report on a wide variety of environmental or medical compounds may eventually be possible, using a method that incorporates ...
Researchers Create Microscope With 100 Million Times Finer Resolution Than Current MRI
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM Research scientists, in collaboration with the Center for Probing the Nanoscale at Stanford University, have demonstrated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with volume resolution 100 million ...
Wizard at circuits, physics
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Donhee Ham, Gordon McKay Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, uses his personal energy and understanding of physics to design innovative integrated circuits.
Radiation-Hardened Microelectronics Could Reduce Spacecraft Weight
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Space environments can deliver a beating to spacecraft electronics. For decades, satellites and other spacecraft have used bulky and expensive shielding to protect vital microelectronics -- ...
Fusion of Nanocircuits, Bio-membranes Creates New Hybrid Technology
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A hybrid of silicon nanocircuits and biological components that mimics some of the processes that control the passage of molecules into and out of cells has been created by a team of scientists ...
