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

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

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (76) | comments 12

(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 ...


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Internet Growth Follows Moore's Law Too

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (24) | comments 11

(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 ...





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Building a Molecular Computer Chip

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 13, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (10) | comments 0

For Dr. Jerry Bernholc, a trip to Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is like a suburbanite’s trek to Costco. Bulk consumption is the name of the game.


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Intel Microchip Packs Two Billion Transistors

Electronics / Hardware

created Feb 04, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (64) | comments 1

Intel has just announced the first microchip that contains more than two billion transistors - tiny switches that together perform the calculations in computers. The chip, known as Tukwila, marks a milestone ...


Rice computer chip makes Technology Review's top 10

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 19, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Rice University's technology for a "gambling" computer chip, which could boost battery life as much as tenfold on cell phones and laptops while slashing development costs for chipmakers, has been named to MIT Technology Review's ...


Silicon with afterburners: Process developed at Rice could be boon to electronics manufacturer

Silicon with afterburners: New process could be boon to electronics manufacturer

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 0

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 ...


New research analyzes issues in immigration law

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

University of Miami Law Professor Rebecca A. Sharpless has recently authored a research paper titled, "Toward a True Elements Test: Taylor and the Categorical Analysis of Crimes in Immigration Law."


Computers Faster Only for 75 More Years? Physicists determine nature's limit to making faster processors

Computers Faster Only for 75 More Years? Physicists determine nature's limit to making faster processors

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (26) | comments 32

With the speed of computers so regularly seeing dramatic increases in their processing speed, it seems that it shouldn't be too long before the machines become infinitely fast -- except they can't.


UM Law professor examines the role of corporate lawyers in the court of public opinion

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In today's world, legal issues and controversies are not only tried in the court of law, but also in the "court" of public opinion. However, corporate lawyers tend to separate legal activities from public relations strategies. ...


Wake-up call to business: Tighten up on information security

Technology / Other

created Jun 30, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

According to the Department of Trade and Industry there are 4.5 million businesses in the UK of which 99.3% are small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs), employing 0-49 employees. These comprise 58.9% of the total workforce ...


Researchers Find Innate Correlations Among Different Power Law Phenomena

Researchers Find Innate Correlations Among Different Power Law Phenomena

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (21) | comments 18

(PhysOrg.com) -- Studying the patterns that emerge in natural and social phenomena is a popular area of research, although usually individual phenomena are studied separately from each other. In a recent study, ...


New French law on Internet piracy meets skepticism

Technology / Internet

created May 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- President Nicolas Sarkozy's governing party rejoiced when it muscled one of his pet projects through the French parliament: an unprecedented law to cut the Internet connections of people who repeatedly download music ...



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