At the end of 2009, Intel was shipping about 80 percent of all x86 processors--the type of chip that powers, for example, Windows-based personal computers. AMD...Technology Review From ACM News | June 8, 2010
The "invisibility cloaks" being made in labs today can hide objects when viewed from a wide range of directions and in visible light--both considered implausible...New Scientist From ACM News | June 8, 2010
HP researchers are studying ways to make memristor processors the centerpiece of future server designs. "Re-thinking the balance of computer, storage, and communications...EE Times From ACM TechNews | June 7, 2010
University of California, Merced researchers have created a part-human, part-machine device that features a nano-sized transistor embedded in a cell-like membrane...Discovery News From ACM TechNews | June 7, 2010
Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers have developed DNA-based logic gates that could carry out calculations inside the body and may lead to injectable biocomputers...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 4, 2010
Unconventional use of a well-known scientific instrument has helped scientists unravel a 25-year-old physics mystery and reveal a "hidden order" of the electronic...Los Alamos National Laboratory From ACM News | June 3, 2010
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers are developing software that is capable of describing the behavior of molecules in excited states, as well as...PNNL Research Highlights From ACM TechNews | June 1, 2010
Rice University researchers have developed thin films of nanotubes made with ink-jet printers that offer a new way to make field-effect transistors (FETs). Rice niversity From ACM TechNews | May 28, 2010
Researchers in Japan used Fujitsu's T2K Open Supercomputer to successfully compute with high precision an optimization problem to reveal the molecular behavior...Frontier India From ACM News | May 28, 2010
The electrical grid isn't the only utility acquiring intelligence, as water and gas meters throughout the U...Tom Geller From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2010
Researchers at the University of Bristol and Katholieke University have developed a new system for encrypted data computing that they say could have a broad impact...niversity of Bristol News From ACM News | May 26, 2010
Silicon chips that are allowed to make mistakes could help ensure computers continue to get more powerful, say US researchers.BBC News From ACM News | May 26, 2010
Stanford University researchers have developed an onboard power source for paper transistors and paper displays.PhysOrg.com From ACM News | May 26, 2010
Georgia Tech Research Institute is designing, fabricating and testing planar ion traps that can be more readily combined into large, interconnected trap arrays....Georgia Institute of Technology From ACM News | May 26, 2010
A working transistor that contains only seven atoms has been built by a team in Australia. The researchers, led by University of New South Wales professor Michelle...BBC News From ACM TechNews | May 24, 2010
Software systems could one day analyze everything from blurry war-zone footage to the subtle sarcasm in a written paragraph, thanks to two unassuming scientists...Wired From ACM News | May 24, 2010
Google has formed an intriguing partnership with VMware, as the company looks to build out its online business software services for companies.The New York Times From ACM News | May 21, 2010
Physicists have mounted the first successful attack of its kind on a commercial quantum cryptography system.Technology Review From ACM News | May 20, 2010
Hewlett-Packard researchers have proposed a biogas recovery system that converts livestock waste into methane, which can be used as fuel to generate electricity...San Jose Mercury News From ACM TechNews | May 19, 2010