An optical chip that can train machine learning hardware
A multi-institution research team has developed an optical chip that can train machine learning hardware. Their research is published today in Optica.
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Modified microwave oven cooks up next-gen semiconductors
A household microwave oven modified by a Cornell engineering professor is helping to cook up the next generation of cellphones, computers and other electronics after the invention was shown to overcome a major challenge faced ...
Sep 8, 2022
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Engineers develop new integration route for tiny transistors
Researchers from UNSW Sydney have developed a tiny, transparent and flexible material to be used as a novel dielectric (insulator) component in transistors. The new material would enable what conventional silicon semiconductor ...
Aug 3, 2022
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Let machines do the work: Automating semiconductor research with machine learning
The semiconductor industry has been growing steadily ever since its first steps in the mid-twentieth century and, thanks to the high-speed information and communication technologies it enabled, it has given way to the rapid ...
Jun 16, 2022
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Heterogeneous epitaxy of semiconductors targeting the post-Moore era
A research team led by Prof. Liu Zhiqiang from the Institute of Semiconductors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in cooperation with the team led by Prof. Gao Peng from Peking University and the team led by Prof. Liu Zhongfan ...
Aug 2, 2021
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IBM unveils world's first 2 nanometer chip technology, opening a new frontier for semiconductors
IBM has unveiled a breakthrough in semiconductor design and process with the development of the world's first chip with 2 nanometer (nm) nanosheet technology. Semiconductors play critical roles in everything from computing, ...
May 7, 2021
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Microchips of the future: Suitable insulators are still missing
For decades, there has been a trend in microelectronics towards ever smaller and more compact transistors. 2D materials such as graphene are seen as a beacon of hope here: they are the thinnest material layers that can possibly ...
Mar 9, 2021
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Brain-like network uses disorder to detect order
A disordered network that is capable of detecting ordered patterns: This sounds contradictory, but it comes close to describing the way the brain works. Researchers of the University of Twente have developed a such brain-inspired ...
Jan 16, 2020
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Bending an organic semiconductor can boost electrical flow
Slightly bending semiconductors made of organic materials can roughly double the speed of electricity flowing through them and could benefit next-generation electronics such as sensors and solar cells, according to Rutgers-led ...
Dec 3, 2019
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Alibaba reveals processor based on RISC-V architecture
An Alibaba chip subsidiary Pingtouge has launched a chip processor suited for high performance applications. It's a RISC-V processor.
Semiconductor industry
The semiconductor industry is the aggregate collection of companies engaged in the design and fabrication of semiconductor devices. It formed around 1960, once the fabrication of semiconductors became a viable business. It has since grown to be the $249 billion dollar industry it is today.
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