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Atom-thin material could help solve chip manufacturing problem

Making computer chips smaller is not just about better design. It also depends on a critical step in manufacturing called patterning, where nanoscale structures are carved into materials to form the ...
Arizona Daily Star

Making computer chips more brain-like could cut AI energy demands

The findings of this prototype, published in the journal Communications Engineering, are “a tour de force” not just in how AI models run but in how they learn — the energy-hungry process that teaches ...
The York Dispatch

Scientists aim to make computer chips more brain-like to save energy

As artificial intelligence platforms like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot go mainstream, power bills from their usage are exploding. In response, researchers are racing to build hardware that ...
Science Daily

Scientists finally see the atomic flaws hiding inside computer chips

Researchers at Cornell University have developed a powerful imaging technique that reveals atomic scale defects inside computer chips for the first time. Using an advanced electron microscopy method, ...
The New York Times

18,000 Reasons It’s So Hard to Build a Chip Factory in America

The transformation of Phoenix into a semiconductor hub by Taiwan’s TSMC illustrates the difficulties of large-scale projects in the United States. Supported by The transformation of Phoenix into a ...
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Scientists create world's first microwave-powered computer chip — it's much faster and consumes less power than conventional CPUs

Scientists have developed an entirely new kind of microchip that uses microwaves instead of conventional digital circuitry to perform operations. The processor, which can perform faster than ...
New Scientist

Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week

Neuron-powered computer chips can now be easily programmed to play a first-person shooter game, bringing biological computers a step closer to useful applications ...