Atomic Layer Etching Could Lead to Ever-More Powerful Microchips and Supercomputers
Over the course of almost 60 years, the information age has given the world the internet, smart phones, and lightning-fast computers. This has been made…
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Innovative Approach to Controlling Magnetism Opens Route to Ultra-Low-Power Microchips
A new approach to controlling magnetism in a microchip could open the doors to memory, computing, and sensing devices that consume drastically less power than…
Engineers Develop Flexible and Stretchable Photonic Devices
Engineers at MIT have developed a new material that can be repeatedly stretched and flexed without losing its optical properties. Researchers at MIT and several…
MIT Engineers Create a System That Reallocates Cache Access on the Fly
Researchers from MIT have designed a system that reallocates cache access on the fly, increasing processing speed by 20 to 30 percent while reducing energy…
New Self-Assembly Technique Could Lead to Smaller Microchip Patterns
Using a self-assembly technique in which materials known as block copolymers are covered by a second polymer, scientists have found a long-awaited, simple method for…
Neuromorphic Chips: Microchips that Imitate the Brain
A newly published study demonstrates how complex cognitive abilities can be incorporated into electronic systems made with neuromorphic chips. Novel microchips imitate the brain’s information…
3D Microchip Allows Information to Travel in Three Dimensions
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have created a new type of microchip that allows information to move in three dimensions, left to right, back…
3D Self-Assembling Polymer Materials Could Lead to New Microchips
As computer chips continue to shrink, developers are reaching the limits on how small they can make patterns for wires. A team of researchers at…
“Inexact” Computer Chip, 15 Times More Efficient than Today’s Technology
By allowing for occasional errors, prototype “inexact” computer chips are more efficient than today’s technology, improving power and resource efficiency. Researchers have unveiled an “inexact”…
Chips As Mini Internets: CPU Cores Communicate by Networks Instead of Bus
As the demand for faster computers continues to rise, so does the demand for microchips that will power those computers. While the idea of adding…
New Approach to MEMS Design that Enables Engineers to Design 3-D Configurations
Researchers at MIT developed a MEMS device that enables 3-D sensing on a single chip by using a new design approach. Their new design method…
Researchers Design Cell-Sorting Microchip
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and MIT have designed a compact cell sorter that requires no additional parts or steps. Their cell-sorting microchip takes…
MicroCHIPS Wireless Drug Implant Releases Timed Dosed Injections
Researchers have announced that a wirelessly-programmed implant, which has been successfully tested in human trials, could save patients the pain of daily injections. The trials…
Smart Pills Will Track Patients from the Inside Out
Proteus Biomedical’s smart pills, which are pills that include embedded microchips, are set to launch this year in the United Kingdom, with the collaboration of…
