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Faster page loads

“A webpage today is often the sum of many different components. A user’s home page on a social-networking site, for instance, might display the latest posts from the users’ friends; the associated images, links, and comments; notifications of pending …

Google Brain Wants Creative AI to Help Humans Make a “New Kind of Art”

“Machine-learning algorithms aren’t likely to put painters or singer-songwriters out of work anytime soon, to judge from their body of work to date. But Google Brain is developing tools that pair artists with deep-learning tools to develop novel artwork …

How Graphene Could Cool Smartphone, Computer and Other Electronics Chips

“With graphene, Rutgers researchers have discovered a powerful way to cool tiny chips – key components of electronic devices with billions of transistors apiece. “You can fit graphene, a very thin, two-dimensional material that can be miniaturized, to cool a hot …

JEDEC DDR5 & NVDIMM-P Standards Under Development

“JEDEC Solid State Technology Association, the global leader in the development of standards for the microelectronics industry, today announced that development of the widely-anticipated DDR5 (Double Data Rate 5) and NVDIMM-P Design standards is moving forward rapidly. Publication for …

mbed OS 5.4.2 Release Available

“We are pleased to announce the mbed OS 5.4.2 release is now available. This release includes support for the new target EFM32PG12, some driver updates for NUC472/M453, an update for STM32 to Cube version v1.6.0 …

Nanomagnets for future data storage

“An international team of researchers led by chemists from ETH Zurich have developed a method for depositing single magnetisable atoms onto a surface. This is especially interesting for the development of new miniature data storage devices. The idea is intriguing …

New ultrafast flexible and transparent memory devices could herald a new era of electronics

“An innovative new technique to produce the quickest, smallest, highest-capacity memories for flexible and transparent applications could pave the way for a future golden age of electronics. Engineering experts from the University of Exeter have developed innovative new memory using …

Next-Generation Software Supports Explorations Beyond the Nanoworld into the Intramolecular Picoworld

“For physicist Percy Zahl, traversing surfaces is not only a long-time hobby of his but also the focus of his research. An avid cyclist who is part of the Green Arm Bandits of the East End Cycling Team, he has …

Quantum movement of electrons between atomic layers shows potential application of van der Waals materials for electronics and photonics

“Common sense might dictate that for an object to move from one point to another, it must go through all the points on the path. Imagine someone driving from Kansas City to Topeka on I-70 “it’s safe to say …

Shutting down CodePlex

“Almost 11 years after we created CodePlex, it’s time to say goodbye. We launched CodePlex in 2006 because we, like others in the industry, saw a need for a great place to share software. Over the years, we’ve …