Archive for the ‘Computing & Infotech’ Category

Nanotech makes Samsung processor faster, cheaper

In another reminder that nanotechnology is all around us, Samsung has begun mass producing an 8-Gigabit (Gb) NAND flash memory device, providing a much larger and more affordable storage density for c…

Paint-on nanoparticles outperform computer chips

Researchers at the University of Toronto have created a semiconductor device that outperforms today's conventional chips — and they made it simply by painting a liquid onto a piece of glass. The …

Sensory fusion helps machines sense their environment

One of the most talked about long-term benefits of nanotechnology is its potential to augment human performance by integrating nanoscale computation and communication hardware into the human brain an…

Nanotube-based memory: every DVD ever made on your laptop?

Nanotube-based/ Nonvolatile RAM (NRAM) by Nantero is bringing the idea of " universal memory " , which experts estimate could make it possible within 20 years to fit the content of all the …

Quantum computing breakthrough uses single photons

A team of researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology recently sent a message unlike any other in history. The sender and receiver were single atoms, and the " message " was a single ph…