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MIT finds a new way to pack more transistors on a chip

For decades, chipmakers have squeezed more computing power out of silicon by shrinking transistors, but that strategy is ...
New Electronics

CEA-Leti achieves low-temperature CMOS breakthrough for 3D chip integration

CEA-Leti has announced a major advance in semiconductor manufacturing, successfully fabricating fully functional 2.5 V SOI ...
Business Wire

Dongbu HiTek to Showcase Specialized BCDMOS and Analog CMOS Chip Technologies at PCIM Europe

SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dongbu HiTek today announced that it will present new insights into its best-in-class Analog CMOS and BCDMOS processing/design technologies at the PCIM (Power ...
Electronic Design

Dirt Cheap ASIC Design for Dummies (Part 3): NMOS, PMOS Silicon Design Using a Web Browser

Quickly learn what the difference is between PMOS and NMOS transistors in their structure and operation, and how CMOS works with the two in combination. Siliwiz, a free, browser-based, ASIC layout ...
EurekAlert!

With programmable pixels, novel sensor improves imaging of neural activity

In this image adapted from the figures, the left side shows the chip micrograph, while the right side displays the pixel layout and schematics, highlighting each circuit element. The new pixel circuit ...
EurekAlert!

First electronic–photonic quantum chip created in commercial foundry

In a milestone for scalable quantum technologies, scientists from Boston University, UC Berkeley, and Northwestern University have reported the world’s first electronic–photonic–quantum system on a ...
NextBigFuture

Control of Spin Qubits at Near Absolute Zero Could Enable Million Qubit Quantum Computers

David Reilly and his University of Sidney team developed a silicon chip that can control spin qubits at milli-kelvin temperatures. That’s just slightly above absolute zero (-273.15 degrees Celsius), ...
Design And Reuse

First-ever quantum chip combining electronics and photonics made in commercial CMOS foundry

A team from Boston University, UC Berkeley, and Northwestern University has created the first chip that integrates quantum light sources with electronic control circuits in a standard 45 nm CMOS ...
Nanowerk

Chip-based system for terahertz waves could enable more efficient, sensitive electronics

Researchers developed a scalable, low-cost device that can generate high-power terahertz waves on a chip, without bulky silicon lenses. (Nanowerk News) The use of terahertz waves, which have shorter ...