Scientists use novel technique to create new energy-efficient microelectronic device
A breakthrough could help lead to the development of new low-power semiconductors or quantum devices.
Mar 13, 2024
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News tagged with quantum devices
Electronics & Semiconductors
Breakthrough in enhancement of hole mobility in strained germanium leads to emergence of new class of quantum materials
Semiconductor materials are the foundation of modern electronic, photonic, photovoltaic, thermoelectric and many other semiconductor devices, which are integral for computers, mobile phones, gadgets, home appliances, cars ...
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Using quantum physics to secure wireless devices
From access cards and key fobs to Bluetooth speakers, the security of communication between wireless devices is critical to maintaining privacy and preventing theft. Unfortunately, these tools are not foolproof and information ...
Apr 26, 2023
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Wireless technique enables quantum computer to send and receive data without generating too much error-causing heat
Heat causes errors in the qubits that are the building blocks of a quantum computer, so quantum systems are typically kept inside refrigerators that keep the temperature just above absolute zero (-459 degrees Fahrenheit).
Feb 21, 2023
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Randomness in quantum machines helps verify their accuracy
In quantum computers and other experimental quantum systems, information spreads around the devices and quickly becomes scrambled like dice in a game of Boggle. This scrambling process happens as the basic units of the system, ...
Jan 25, 2023
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Researchers control and modulate acoustic waves on chip for the first time
Acoustic waves are slower than electromagnetic waves of the same frequency but, even in the high-speed world of computing and communications, that's not a bad thing. Short acoustic waves are easy to confine in nanoscale ...
Jun 28, 2022
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Novel design greatly improves output from commercial circuit boards next to superconducting qubits
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have constructed and tested a system that allows commercial electronic components—such as microprocessors on circuit boards—to operate in close ...
Feb 24, 2022
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A CMOS-based chip that integrates silicon quantum dots and multiplexed readout electronics
Researchers at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory have recently designed an integrated circuit (IC) that integrates silicon quantum dots with conventional readout electronics. ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Light meets superconducting circuits
In the last few years, several technology companies including Google, Microsoft, and IBM, have massively invested in quantum computing systems based on microwave superconducting circuit platforms in an effort to scale them ...
May 10, 2021
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Pioneering quantum hardware allows for controlling up to thousands of qubits at cryogenic temperatures
Quantum computing offers the promise of solutions to previously unsolvable problems, but in order to deliver on this promise, it will be necessary to preserve and manipulate information that is contained in the most delicate ...
Feb 1, 2021
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