A new DDR3 SO-DIMMs (Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Modules) has been announced by Aeneon, the channel and retail brand of Qimonda. The new memory chip is said to provide high performance and power efficiency for the mobile PC industry. The chip is aimed for use on the DDR3 notebooks powered by Intel’s Centrino 2 [...]
Samsung has presented more official information on its upcoming 40 nm memory chips. Adopting the 40 nm process gives Samsung the possibility to manufacture 32 Gb NAND flash memories that could be implemented in 64 Gb memory cards. This means that the cards are able to store up to 40 DVD-quality movies or over 16000 [...]
All-optical circuit components are light-based analogues of electrical transistors and other devices. They are among the most eagerly anticipated technological advances, with the potential to revolutionize computers and communications.
But all-optical devices built in the past have been far too large and power hungry to be practical. Physicists at the Queen’s University in Belfast appear to [...]
IBM Scientists have demonstrated how a single molecule can be switched between two distinct conductive states, which allows it to store data. As published today in SMALL, these experiments show that certain types of molecules reveal intrinsic molecular functionalities that are comparable to devices used in today’s semiconductor technology. This finding is yet another promising [...]
When most people think of the digital age and its computers, satellites and mobile phones, the silicone chip is at the foremost of people’s minds. Yet, despite its importance in shaping the world around us, many of the technologies that we take for granted would not be possible without the atomic clock.
The first atomic clock [...]