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4 days ago · Engineering. Thermal evaporation emerges as a promising strategy for scalable solid-state battery production. Solid-state lithium batteries are promising energy storage solutions that utilize solid electrolytes as opposed to the liquid or gel electrolytes found in traditional lithium-ion batteries (LiBs).
US probes China chip industry on 'anticompetitive' concerns
1 day ago · The probe centers on foundational semiconductors—which go into everything from cars to medical devices—and whether China's actions create burdens for US commerce, according to the US Trade Representative's (USTR) office.. The fear is that Beijing's practices undermine "the competitiveness of American industry and workers, critical US supply chains, …
US confirms billions in chips funds to Samsung, Texas Instruments
3 days ago · US officials have been working to solidify Biden's legacy to bolster domestic semiconductor manufacturing ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's White House return—and these agreements are among the latest efforts to do so.. The United States has been trying to reduce its dependence on other countries for semiconductors, while also seeking to maintain …
AI will continue to grow in 2025, but it may face major challenges ...
4 days ago · People started conversing with AI "resurrections" of the dead, using AI toothbrushes and confessing to an AI-powered Jesus.Meanwhile, OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, was valued at US$150 billion and claimed it was on the way to developing an advanced AI system more capable than humans.Google's AI company DeepMind made a similar claim.. These are …
Modern AI systems have achieved Turing's vision, but not exactly …
3 days ago · Authored by Bernardo Gonçalves from the University of São Paulo and University of Cambridge, the paper also sheds light on how current energy-hungry transformer-based systems contrast with Turing's prophecy of machines that would develop intelligence naturally, like human children.. Gonçalves' paper points out that transformers, the foundation of modern generative …
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6 days ago · Energy & Green Tech. Discovery of trimodal energy storage material boosts renewable energy potential. Monash University researchers have made a breakthrough in energy storage technology that could significantly advance the global shift away from fossil fuels.
Charge your phone in your pocket with new wireless technology
4 days ago · On December 12, Professor Franklin Bien and his research team in the Department of Electrical Engineering at UNIST announced the creation of a revolutionary electric resonance-based wireless power transfer (ERWPT) system, marking a significant milestone in the field. This modern technology allows devices to charge virtually anywhere within a 3D environment, …
Engineers grow 'high-rise' 3D chips, enabling more efficient AI …
5 days ago · Seed pockets. In 2023, Kim's group reported that they developed a method to grow high-quality semiconducting materials on amorphous surfaces, similar to the diverse topography of semiconducting circuitry on finished chips.. The material that they grew was a type of 2D material known as transition-metal dichalcogenides, or TMDs, considered a promising …
Battery-like computer memory keeps working above 1,000°F
Dec 9, 2024 · Computer memory could one day withstand the blazing temperatures in fusion reactors, jet engines, geothermal wells and sweltering planets using a new solid-state memory device developed by a team of engineers led by the University of Michigan. Unlike conventional silicon-based memory, the new device ...
Biological computers could use far less energy than current …
5 days ago · More recently, this has been demonstrated by experiments set up to simulate computational processes: the energy dissipation begins to increase measurably when you carry out more than about one operation per second. Processors that operate at a clock speed of a billion cycles per second, which is typical in today's semiconductors, use about 10-11 J per …
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