A billion operations per second isn't cool. Know what's cool? A million billion operations per second. That's the promise of a new computing technique that uses laser-light pulses to make a prototype ...

Scientists from Forschungszentrum Juelich and the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland in cooperation with international partners have presented the first semiconductor consisting solely of elements ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto have created a laser that could help save the $200-billion dollar computer chip industry from a looming crisis dubbed the "interconnect bottleneck." ...

Laser cooling isn't a new idea, but this is the first time it's actually worked in real-world conditions. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on Reddit ...

The first semiconductor consisting solely of elements of main group IV has been revealed by researchers. The germanium-tin (GeSn) laser can be applied directly onto a silicon chip and thus creates a ...

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