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AI cloud infrastructure gets faster and greener: NPU core improves inference performance by over 60%
The latest generative AI models such as OpenAI's ChatGPT-4 and Google's Gemini 2.5 require not only high memory bandwidth but also large memory capacity. This is why generative AI cloud operating companies like Microsoft ...
Jul 7, 2025
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Hardware security tech can hide and reveal encryption keys on demand using 3D flash memory
Seoul National University College of Engineering announced that a research team has developed a new hardware security technology based on commercially available 3D NAND flash memory (V-NAND flash memory).
Jun 30, 2025
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AI models shrink to fit tiny devices, enabling smarter IoT sensors
Artificial intelligence is considered to be computationally and energy-intensive—a challenge for the Internet of Things (IoT), where small, embedded sensors have to make do with limited computing power, little memory and ...
Jun 26, 2025
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Engineers create first AI model specialized for chip design language
Researchers at NYU Tandon School of Engineering have created VeriGen, the first specialized artificial intelligence model successfully trained to generate Verilog code, the programming language that describes how a chip's ...
Jun 26, 2025
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Selfies could one day be stored on DNA strands
When it comes to storing images, DNA strands could be a sustainable, stable alternative to hard drives. Researchers at EPFL are developing a new image compression standard designed specifically for this emerging technology.
Jun 25, 2025
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New framework reduces memory usage and boosts energy efficiency for large-scale AI graph analysis
BingoCGN, a scalable and efficient graph neural network accelerator that enables inference of real-time, large-scale graphs through graph partitioning, has been developed by researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo, ...
Jun 23, 2025
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3D chip stacking method created to overcome traditional semiconductor limitations
A novel power supply technology for 3D-integrated chips has been developed by employing a three-dimensionally stacked computing architecture consisting of processing units placed directly above stacks of dynamic random access ...
Jun 20, 2025
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New all-silicon computer vision hardware advances in-sensor visual processing technology
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have pushed forward the development of computer vision with new, silicon-based hardware that can both capture and process visual data in the analog domain. Their work, ...
Jun 18, 2025
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Wafer-scale accelerators could redefine AI
The promise of a new type of computer chip that could reshape the future of artificial intelligence and be more environmentally friendly is explored in a technology review paper published by UC Riverside engineers in the ...
Jun 17, 2025
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Tiny receiver chip uses stacked capacitors to block interference in 5G IoT devices
MIT researchers have designed a compact, low-power receiver for 5G-compatible smart devices that is about 30 times more resilient to a certain type of interference than some traditional wireless receivers.
Jun 16, 2025
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Seeing clearly through thick fog: Researchers develop ultra-low noise, high sensitivity photodetector
Technologies enabling safe visual recognition in low-visibility environments are gaining increasing attention across sectors such as autonomous driving, aviation, and smart transportation. Thick fog remains a major challenge ...
Jun 16, 2025
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Brain-like chips are boosting computers and battling cybercrime
The human brain is more powerful and energy-efficient than any computer. Scientists are imitating the way it works to produce better computer chips and help deal with the growing amounts of data generated every day.
Jun 12, 2025
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New security flaw allows eavesdropping via laptop and smart speaker microphones
The ghostly woman's voice pipes through the speakers, covered in radio static but her message intact from beyond—"The birch canoe slid on the smooth planks."
Jun 11, 2025
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Chinese researchers debut world's first AI-based processor chip design system
A team of engineers, AI specialists and chip design researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has designed, built and tested what they are describing as the first AI-based chip design system. The group has published ...
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Photonic processor could streamline 6G wireless signal processing
As more connected devices demand an increasing amount of bandwidth for tasks like teleworking and cloud computing, it will become extremely challenging to manage the finite amount of wireless spectrum available for all users ...
Jun 11, 2025
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High-speed DAC paves the way for faster and more energy-efficient optical and electrical links in data centers
At the 2025 Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits, imec, a research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, and IDLab, an imec research group at Ghent University and the University of Antwerp, ...
Jun 11, 2025
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'Optical neural engine' can solve partial differential equations
Partial differential equations (PDEs) are a class of mathematical problems that represent the interplay of multiple variables, and therefore have predictive power when it comes to complex physical systems. Solving these equations ...
Jun 10, 2025
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Old smartphones can have a new life as tiny data centers
Researchers at the University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science introduce a novel approach to reducing electronic waste and advancing sustainable data processing: turning old smartphones into tiny data centers.
Jun 5, 2025
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US supercomputer named after Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna to power AI and scientific research
A new supercomputer named after a winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry will help power artificial intelligence technology and scientific discoveries from a perch in the hills above the University of California, Berkeley, ...
May 30, 2025
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World's lowest write power operation for high-speed SOT-MRAM cell achieved
Researchers at the Center for Innovative Integrated Electronic Systems (CIES), Tohoku University, have achieved the world's lowest write power for a specific type of memory storage device. Not only does this device boast ...
May 21, 2025
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AI chip developed for decentralized use without the cloud
A new AI chip developed at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) works without the cloud server or internet connections needed by existing chips. The AI Pro, designed by Prof Hussam Amrouch, is modeled on the human brain. ...
May 19, 2025
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Computer scientists discover new security vulnerability in Intel processors
Anyone who speculates on likely events ahead of time and prepares accordingly can react quicker to new developments. What practically every person does every day, consciously or unconsciously, is also used by modern computer ...
May 13, 2025
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Giving small satellites a bigger impact with an advanced wireless chip
The world is steadily moving toward seamless, global connectivity through satellite constellations. Small satellites—weighing up to 10 to 100 kgs—are further enhancing the connectivity with their flexibility and scalability. ...
May 13, 2025
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More efficient method developed to monitor drivers' attention levels
Fifty-two people have died on Catalan roads so far this year, according to data from the Catalan Traffic Service. Although there have been fewer accidents in the first four months of the year than in the same period last ...
May 12, 2025
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New chip uses AI to shrink large language models' energy footprint by 50%
Oregon State University College of Engineering researchers have developed a more efficient chip as an antidote to the vast amounts of electricity consumed by large-language-model artificial intelligence applications like ...
May 8, 2025
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