HP Discovers Potential "God Particle" of Electronics
Silicon Valley is mostly a world of practical technology—applying principles from pure science to create handy gadgets. But today, Hewlett Packard announced a new electrical…
View ArticleHow Your Laptop Will Just Keep Getting Faster
Since the invention of the transistor, silicon semiconductors have been king. But now silicon-based transistors are nearing the limit of their potential. Excess heat and…
View ArticleWrap Your Head Around Computer Chips You Can Wrap Around Your Finger
Are you reading this on your laptop? Are you ready to roll that laptop up and put it in your pocket? As we told you the other day, scientists revealed flexible coatings…
View ArticleHewlett-Packard Unveils Real-World Memristor, Chip of the Future
In 1971, electrical engineering professor Leon Chua proposed a theoretical basic electronics component called a memristor. In 2008, Hewlett Packard brought the memristor out…
View ArticleMemristors to Be Used by Military to Create Simulated Brains
DARPA's ardent desire to realize every sci-fi concept ever dreamed of continues with a biologically-inspired computer project which aims for feline brain functionality. But…
View ArticleHow DARPA Is Making a Machine Mind out of Memristors
Artificial intelligence has long been the overarching vision of computing, always the goal but never within reach. But using memristors from HP and steady funding from DARPA,…
View ArticleSquishy Bio-Electronics Could Make Better Implants and Brain-Machine...
Wet, squishy quasi-liquid electronics could yield better implants that work with the wet, squishy environment of the human body, according to a new study.
View ArticleA Memristor-Based Processor Solves Mazes, Using the Power of Parallel Computing
Those mazes you used to complete with crayons when you were a kid? They’re not just child’s play. They’re actually analogous to a lot of mathematical models and problems that…
View ArticleNew Memory Device Feels Like Jell-O, Could Work Inside Your Body
NC State researchers have created a new kind of soft, flexible memory device that functions like a memristor and has the consistency of Jell-O. In other words, it’s soft,…
View ArticleFacebook Open-Sources The Computers Behind Its Artificial Intelligence
Technology Introducing 'Big Sur,' the brains of A.I. Facebook announced that they’re open sourcing the designs of their servers, called Big Sur.
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