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MIT: Self-Assembling Computer Chips (redOrbit)
Hitchin’ postsBerggren and Ross’ approach is to use electron-beam lithography sparingly, to create patterns of tiny posts on a silicon chip. They then deposit specially designed polymers — molecules in which smaller, repeating molecular units are linked into long chains — on the chip. The polymers spontaneously hitch up to the posts and arrange... »
Nanoscale computer chips set to invade your cells (Engadget)
If you’ve followed the progression of CPU tech you’ve surely learned that improving nanoscale chip fabrication of processors is the key to success these days. Smaller transistors means more speed in any given chip — or smaller chips of the same speed, an idea that has some researchers pondering what would happen if you... »
‘Fertility chip’ to accurately count spermatozoa in sperm (News-Medical-Net)
A new ‘fertility chip’, developed by researchers at the University of Twente’s MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, can accurately count spermatozoa in sperm. This is an important step towards the development of a compact device for reliable ‘pre-scanning’ of male fertility. The researchers are publishing the invention of the chip in the scientific journal Lab... »
High, not flat: nanowires for a new chip architecture (Science Daily)
Silicon is the most prevalent material in electronics, whether for mobile phones, solar cells or computers. Nanometer-sized wires made of silicon have a large potential for a completely new chip architecture. But this requires a detailed investigation and understanding of their electronic properties which is technologically challenging due to the ultra-small size of the... »
GlobalFoundries contractor moving US HQ to Watervliet (FOX 23 News Albany)
M+W Group, the company that is building the GlobalFoundries chip fab plant in Saratoga County says it’s moving its North American headquarters to the Watervliet Arsenal. (read the story…) Related items Texas nanotech company M+W North to move headquarters to Capital Region (WRGB Albany) Leading Academic Journal Publishes Scientific Paper on Shrink Nanotechnologies’ Embryoid Body Development Platform for... »
