Fashioned from the same element found in sand and covered by intricate patterns, microchips power smartphones, augment appliances and aid the operation of cars and airplanes. Now, scientists are ...
IMEC, Diagram of Neural Net: Foveated, Retina-like Sensor, Corresponding Silicon Microchip (1989), computer-generated plot on paper and silicon, .1: 36 1/4 x 36 1/4″ (all images courtesy the Museum of ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have literally taken a leap into a new era of computing power by making the world's smallest precision-built transistor - a "quantum dot" of just seven atoms in a single ...
On a recent 90-degree day in the heart of Purdue University’s campus, dozens of students sat in a windowless basement lab, wiring keypads into integrated circuits, drawing diagrams on whiteboards and ...
Apple is building the capability to design its own computer chips in a strategic shift aimed at cutting its reliance on outside suppliers, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.