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First Graphene-Based Integrated Circuit Is a Major Step Toward Graphene...
Gadgets IBM researchers have built the first integrated circuit based on graphene, a breakthrough the company says could herald a future based on graphene wafers instead of silicon. IBM researchers...
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Neuronal Computer Chips Communicate Like Brain Cells
Science Brain-like computers could soon become a lot more common. Earlier this year, we heard about a project involving DARPA and IBM to create a functioning neurosynaptic chip,… Brain-like computers...
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Why You Might Want a Multi-Core Tablet
Gadgets The current and next generation of tablets are getting into a core war: three, four, even five cores are going to be popping up in your Android (and possibly iOS and Windows)… The current and...
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Intel's New Ivy Bridge CPUs Will Give Your Next Laptop Legit Gaming Power
Technology If you buy a cheapie laptop, you're going to get onboard graphics--historically underpowered, since they exist on the same die as the CPU, and thus historically crappy. To… If you buy a...
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How Intel's New Processor Will Keep Your Gadgets Alive Longer
Gadgets The U- and Y-series core processors can extend battery life by two hours, and keep devices moving faster than ever. In the world of chip design, there's one spec people typically care about...
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Is IBM Making Plans For The End Of Silicon?
Gadgets As chips get smaller, chipmakers investigate new methods and materials. Since the computer age began, microchips have consistently been shrunk to smaller and smaller sizes. Moore’s Law,...
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Entrepreneur Seeks To Make Handheld Ultrasound Window Into The Body
Health He's hoping his device can be a super-cheap alternative to big hospital machines. Biotech entrepreneur Jonathan Rothberg is working on a handheld ultrasound device that can replace the big...
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Skin-Implanted Microchips Open Doors At Swedish Office Complex
Technology It's the cyberpunk dystopia we were promised To hear biohacker Hannes Sjoblad talk about it, getting a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip installed under your skin is like an...
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Why Does Stale Bread Turn Hard, But Stale Chips Turn Soft?
Science Short answer: A chip is all crust In the science of staleness (yes, there is such a science), you have “crust staling” and “crumb staling.” Crust staling is the process by which the outside of...
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This supercomputer will perform 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 operations per second
Technology Understanding Aurora, by the numbers. Aurora will be able carry out a quintillion operations each second—a billion billion.
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