Data centers are guzzling up too much electricity. Can we make them more efficient?
Our insatiable demand for digital content and services has been driving a rise in energy-hungry data centers.
Jul 29, 2024
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News tagged with flash
Engineering
New transistor's superlative properties could have broad electronics applications
In 2021, a team led by MIT physicists reported creating a new ultrathin ferroelectric material, or one where positive and negative charges separate into different layers. At the time, they noted the material's potential for ...
Jul 29, 2024
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Engineering
Researchers enhance performance of hafnia-based memory devices by doping ferroelectric materials with aluminum
A research team has significantly enhanced the data storage capacity of ferroelectric memory devices. By utilizing hafnia-based ferroelectric materials and an innovative device structure, their findings, published on June ...
Jun 12, 2024
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Engineering
Merits of concrete vs asphalt considered in quest for greener pavements
Could permeable and high-albedo materials for road surfaces that replace asphalt across towns and cities reduce the urban heat island effect at the height of summer as well as reduce the risk of flash floods and groundwater ...
May 22, 2024
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Hardware
Turning up the heat on data storage: New memory device paves the way for AI computing in extreme environments
A smartphone shutting down on a sweltering day is an all-too-common annoyance that may accompany a trip to the beach on a sunny afternoon. Electronic memory within these devices isn't built to handle extreme heat.
Apr 30, 2024
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Hardware
Researchers develop a novel ultra-low–power memory for neuromorphic computing
A team of Korean researchers has developed a new memory device that can be used to replace existing memory or be used in implementing neuromorphic computing for next-generation artificial intelligence hardware for its low ...
Apr 4, 2024
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Business
Uber Eats starts robot deliveries in Tokyo
"Caution: robot!" chirps the green self-driving delivery vehicle as it trundles down the street to a pork cutlet restaurant in Tokyo to pick up a meal ordered on Uber Eats.
Mar 5, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
Women's health on show, a little, at CES
Among the more than 3,500 booths at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, only a few focus exclusively on women's health, including a cervical cancer screening device and a wristband to anticipate hot flushes.
Jan 12, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
Apple flash: Our smart devices will soon be smarter
Our smart devices take voice commands from us, check our heartbeats, track our sleep, translate text, send us reminders, capture photos and movies, and let us talk to family and friends continents away.
Hardware
Hybrid phase-change memristors lead to new computing possibilities
By strategically straining materials that are as thin as a single layer of atoms, University of Rochester scientists have developed a new form of computing memory that is at once fast, dense, and low-power. The researchers ...
Nov 30, 2023
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