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Smallest 3D transistors ever made measure a minuscule 2.5 nanometers

Michael Irving December 9, 2018

Engineers from MIT and the University of Colorado have developed a new microfabrication technique and used it to produce the smallest 3D transistors ever made, measuring about a third the size of the current leading commercial products.

Engineers at MIT and the University of Colorado have developed a new fabrication technique to make ...

Mobile Technology

Samsung's next-gen Exynos 9820 chip adds dedicated AI for its 2019 phones

David Nield November 14, 2018

As it has in the past, Samsung just given us a sneak preview of the Exynos processor chip that's going to be powering its flagship phones over the next 12 months. The Exynos 9820 brings with it a dedicated AI engine, faster connectivity, and a 15-20 percent performance boost over its predecessor.

The Exynos 9820 from Samsung brings faster performance, 8K video, and more AI

Computers

Google's new quantum processor could soon outperform classic supercomputers

Michael Irving March 6, 2018

With the quantum computing race heating up, it feels like we’re hurtling towards quantum supremacy, when a quantum computer outperforms a classical one for the first time. Google has now unveiled Bristlecone, a new quantum computer chip with the record-setting power of 72 quantum bits (qubits).

Google has unveiled Bristlecone, a quantum computing processor with a staggering 72 qubits

Computers

Intel's new processor packs a built-in Radeon GPU

Michael Irving January 8, 2018

Intel has used CES to unveil a new kind of processor with a Radeon GPU built right into it. By embedding a Radeon RX Vega M Graphics chip into an 8th Gen Intel Core CPU, the new configuration can share power and data more efficiently and boost the graphical grunt in smaller devices.

At CES this week, Intel has unveiled an 8th Gen Intel Core processor with a Radeon ...

Mobile Technology

Samsung unveils the AI-ready chip powering its 2018 flagship phones

David Nield January 4, 2018

We've already seen next-generation mobile chips from Qualcomm and Huawei in recent months, and now Samsung has joined the party by unveiling the Exynos 9 Series 9810. The chip features an upgraded processor, support for faster cellular speeds, and neural network capacity for AI-powered apps.

Expect to see the Exynos 9 Series 9810 in the Samsung Galaxy S9

Computers

HP unleashes "The Machine" memory-centric supercomputer prototype

Michael Irving May 16, 2017

To keep up with a constant flood of data, computer makers have thrown more processing cores at the problem. Forging a different path, HPE has overhauled the architecture itself to put memory at the center of the system, showcasing it through a prototype it calls The Machine.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has unveiled a computer prototype it calls The Machine, which uses a completely ...

Mobile Technology

Qualcomm's latest mid-range smartphone processors take a cue from the top shelf

Emily Ferron May 9, 2017

Several benefits previously exclusive to Qualcomm's high-end 800 series processors are coming to the mid-ranged 600 series. If smartphone makers push these chips to their full capabilities, budget phones could have much more to offer.

Qualcomm's new 600 series mid-range mobile chips look to be a boon to budget smartphones

Computers

ReRAM can now store and process data in the same chip

Michael Irving January 16, 2017

Computer data commutes from the system memory to the processor, but now researchers have found a way to help that data effectively work from home. The team is developing chips that can process information where it’s stored, potentially allowing for faster, smaller and more efficient devices.

Researchers in Singapore and Germany have developed a chip that can not only process data, like ...

Electronics

MIT's Swarm chip architecture boosts multi-core CPUs

Dario Borghino July 4, 2016

Swarm, a new chip architecture developed at MIT, automates critical aspects of parallel processing to speed up multi-core CPUs by up to 75 times, while requiring programmers to write a fraction of the code.

MIT's Swarm chip design can unlock the full power of parallel computing

Computers

Homegrown Chinese supercomputer claims world number one ranking

Colin Jeffrey June 21, 2016

Equipped with 10,649,600 computing cores and capable of carrying out some 93 quadrillion calculations per second, the world's fastest supercomputer has just been announced: Twice and fast and three times as efficient as its nearest rival

The Sunway TaihuLight is equipped with 10,649,600 computing cores and is capable of carrying out some ...