Graphene could make chips a million times faster
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MIT Boffins have eureka moment 


Massachusetts Institute of Technology boffins have emerged from their baths with a technique which could make chips millions of times faster.

Magnetic chips promise power breakthough
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 15 March 2016 15:36

Magnetic chips promise power breakthough


And pick up your paper clips

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, have found that magnetic chips can function at the lowest fundamental energy dissipation possible under the laws of thermodynamics.

Oxford boffins create quantum hybrid logic gate
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Made from two types of Calcium and no cats

Researchers at Oxford University have created a ‘hybrid’ logic gate using two isotopes of calcium, the abundant isotope calcium-40 and the rare isotope calcium-43.

Scientists find that sexist gamers are pants players
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Being a poor player makes you a jerk

Some interesting research about gamers who hassle women suggests that the worst offenders are not good at playing the games.

Stanford builds water based processor
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Tuesday, 09 June 2015 15:44

Stanford builds water based processor


No liquidity problem

A team of Standford researches have been up on the roof during a lightning storm too many times and have emerged with a computer which powers the processor with water .

More intelligent chip cores on the way
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Synopsys releases AI core design

Synopsys, a company that licenses software and intellectual property to the biggest names in chip making, showed off a new image-processor core which it thinks could be the future.