PC Gamer

Researchers develop a new technique to bond GaN transistors to a silicon chip, with the ultimate goal of having more powerful and efficient wireless transmitters

Hardware Scientists have integrated 2D materials a few atoms thick into a working memory chip for the first time and you can't tell me this isn't some prime Star Trek-level tech Hardware New MIT ...
The New York Times

Hidden Inside Our Electronics, Tiny Doodles From Another Era

In 2020, Kenton Smith, an engineer, was peering through a microscope at electronic devices, admiring the intricate designs. As he studied something called a voltage comparator, he saw a face staring ...
CRN

Microsoft VP Of Silicon Engineering Jumps To Google Cloud To Head Chip Technology And Manufacturing

One of Microsoft’s top silicon engineering executives—who helped launch its new Azure Cobalt processors and Azure Maia AI accelerators—has joined rival Google Cloud to lead its silicon chip technology ...
MacRumors

Five Years of Apple Silicon: M1 to M5 Performance Comparison

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the Apple silicon chip that replaced Intel chips in Apple's Mac lineup. The first Apple silicon chip, the M1, was unveiled on November 10, 2020. The M1 debuted in ...
Semiconductor Engineering

The Real-World Impact Of Silicon Lifecycle Management On Chip Architectures

Designing resilient chips with SLM can help combat aging effects, security threats, and get to market faster with higher ...
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A new trick for merging lasers with silicon could finally make photonic chips cheap, fast, and ready for mass production

Photonic chips with quantum lasers are finally being built without redesigning the whole system These lasers work directly on silicon and still survive high heat for over six years University of ...
MacRumors

Xiaomi Announces Custom Chip to Rival Apple Silicon

Chinese Apple competitor Xiaomi today announced the "Xring O1," a custom 3nm chip designed to rival Apple silicon (via Bloomberg). The company plans to switch its devices to custom silicon chips, just ...
TechSpot

MIT researchers bond gallium nitride transistors to silicon for faster next-gen wireless devices

What just happened? A team of researchers at MIT, in collaboration with Georgia Tech and the Air Force Research Laboratory, has developed a new method for integrating gallium nitride (GaN) transistors ...
Microsoft

AI chips are getting hotter. A microfluidics breakthrough goes straight to the silicon to cool up to three times better.

The chips that datacenters use to run the latest AI breakthroughs generate much more heat than previous generations of silicon. Anybody whose phone or laptop has overheated knows that electronics ...
CRN

Cisco Launches New Silicon One Chip To ‘Satiate’ Rising AI Data Center Demands

The latest chip that’s part of the Cisco Silicon One portfolio comes as AI places new and unprecedented demands on the data center, according to the tech giant. With AI workloads growing faster than ...