Design
Super- Conductor Logic Goes Low-Power
Energy-efficient superconducting circuits could be key to future supercomputers
The Origins of Intel's New Transistor
A Q&A with Chenming Hu, coinventor of both the FinFET and its likely competitor
Advanced Chip Packaging Satisfies Smartphone Needs
Clever chip packaging means mobile devices can be smaller and smarter
A Foucault Pendulum on a Chip
A MEMS microgyroscope mimics a 19th-century instrument's mechanism to boost abilities of inertial guidance systems
Magnetic Logic Attracts Money
DARPA funds spintronic and nanomagnet research teams to create low-power nonvolatile logic
The Intel-ARM Core War
Blog Post: Competition between Intel and ARM chips in everything from PCs to mobile phones is heating up
Largest Quantum Computer Calculation to Date—But Is It Too Little Too Late?
Blog Post: D-Wave continues to push the capabilities of its quantum computer, but are the company's capital reserves dwindling?
3-D Chips Grow Up
Article: In 2012, 3-D chips will help extend Moore's Law—and move beyond it
Spring-loaded Pixels to Drive Holographic Displays
Blog Post: Semiconductor research firm Imec hopes to create holographic video displays using MEMS
An Amplifier That’s Quantum Quiet
Article: An exotic new amplifier might be quiet enough for quantum computing
Intel Interview: Getting Beyond "Darn Good" Devices
Blog Post: Intel's Mark Bohr describes how the company decided to make the switch to 3-D transistors
Quasicrystals Earn Israeli Materials Scientist a Chemistry Nobel
Blog Post: Non-repeating crystals, once thought impossible, can boost thermoelectric conversion and brighten LEDs
DemoFall 2011: A "Google Docs" for Circuit Design
Blog Post: Hardware designers, welcome to the cloud
Obehi Ibhanesebhor: Digital Diva
Article: Chip-failure analyst by day, chanteuse by night
Armored Spacecraft Sets Course for Jupiter
Blog Post: Ensuring that NASA's Juno spacecraft could withstand Jupiter's harsh radiation environment came with a few challenges
