News tagged with moore s law

Darpa seeks new power dynamic for continuation of Moore's Law

Computational capability is an enabler for nearly every military system.  But computational capability is increasingly limited by power requirements and the constraints on the ability to dissipate heat.  ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New Digital 'Electronics' Concept May Continue Moore's Law

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computers of the future could be operating not on electrons, but on tiny waves traveling through an electron "fluid," if a new proposal is successful. The new circuit design, recently introduced ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (77) | comments 12 feature

Internet Growth Follows Moore's Law Too

(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 ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (25) | comments 11 feature




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CA startup sees entrepreneur-ship as visa solution

(AP) -- You've heard of tech companies starting in a Silicon Valley garage. What about on a ship?

Technology / Business

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Plasma etching pushes the limits of a shrinking world

Plasma etching (using an ionized gas to carve tiny components on silicon wafers) has long enabled the perpetuation of Moore's Law -- the observation that the number of transistors that can be squeezed into an integrated circuit ...

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Clean indoor air laws encourage bans on smoking at home

Second hand smoke exposure among nonsmokers has declined over time as clean indoor air laws have been adopted. However, there has been concern that such laws might encourage smokers to smoke more in their homes or other private ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Team develops method for creating 3D photonic crystals

Dutch researchers at the University of Twente's MESA+ research institute, together with ASML, TNO (the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) and TU/e (Eindhoven University of Technology) ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 5

Researchers fabricate DNA strands on a reusable chip, fold them into novel nanostructures

In the emerging field of synthetic biology, engineers use biological building blocks, such as snippets of DNA, to construct novel technologies. One of the key challenges in the field is finding a way to quickly and economically ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Google strikes deal to preserve DNA data online

Concerned that the federal government might not keep funding the world's largest free database of genetic data, Google Inc. has forged a deal with a Mountain View, Calif., startup to keep the information online - and free ...

Technology / Internet

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Science fiction-style sabotage a fear in new hacks

When a computer attack hobbled Iran's unfinished nuclear power plant last year, it was assumed to be a military-grade strike, the handiwork of elite hacking professionals with nation-state backing.

Technology / Other

created Oct 23, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 21

Argonne team helps map Fukushima radiation release

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi reactors unfolded in Japan, several employees at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory were lacing up their boots.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers say some youth too immature to stand trial

Research from Aaron Kivisto, clinical psychology program graduate at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and current post-doctoral fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital; Todd Moore, assistant professor of psychology ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It's all about the hair: Researcher develops better way to light and animate hair for Disney movies

(PhysOrg.com) -- It’s not every day that computer science students get invited to a Hollywood premiere to recognize the work they have done. Yet that’s exactly what happened to Iman Sadeghi, who ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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