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Intel Microchip Packs Two Billion Transistors Electronic Devices / Hardware February 04, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 63 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Intel has just announced the first microchip that contains more than two billion transistors - tiny switches that together perform the calculations in computers. The chip, known as Tukwila, marks a milestone ...

Argonne's supercomputer named world’s fastest for open science, third overall Electronic Devices / Hardware June 18, 2008 \| User rating: 2.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory's IBM Blue Gene/P high-performance computing system is now the fastest supercomputer in the world for open science, according to the semiannual Top500 List ...

Intel Producing First Processor Prototypes With New, Tiny 45 Nanometer Transistors Electronic Devices / Hardware January 27, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 52 vote(s) \| No comments yet In one of the biggest advancements in fundamental transistor design, Intel Corporation today revealed that it is using two dramatically new materials to build the insulating walls and switching gates of its ...

World's fastest transistor approaches goal of terahertz device Electronic Devices / Hardware December 11, 2006 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 46 vote(s) \| No comments yet Scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have again broken their own speed record for the world’s fastest transistor. With a frequency of 845 gigahertz, their latest device is approximately ...

Samsung Develops World’s First 'Blue Phase' Technology to Achieve 240 Hz Driving Speed for High-Speed Video Electronic Devices / Hardware May 14, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Samsung Electronics announced today that it has developed the world’s first “Blue Phase” LCD panel – which will offer more natural moving images with an unprecedented image-driving speed of 240 Hertz. Samsung ...

Roadrunner supercomputer puts research at a new scale Electronic Devices / Hardware June 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 21 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Less than a week after Los Alamos National Laboratory's Roadrunner supercomputer began operating at world-record petaflop/s data-processing speeds, Los Alamos researchers are already using the computer to ...

Mitsubishi’s new Blu-ray converts your movies into 3D Electronic Devices / Hardware August 28, 2007 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 23 vote(s) \| No comments yet Mitsubishi recently revealed a new Blu-ray player that can convert existing 2D movies into 3D in real time. The company showed off the technology to a few tech journalists at the Barclay’s PGA Tour at Westchester Country ...

Miniaturized Full Color Laser Projector at the LASER 2007 show Electronic Devices / Hardware May 30, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 30 vote(s) \| No comments yet Fraunhofer IPMS shows a full color laser projection system based on its own two dimensional micro scanning mirror. The system contains an ultra compact projection head and a separate laser and signal processing ...

Two DVDs per second: a tiny chip processes data at extremely high speed Electronic Devices / Hardware May 12, 2006 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 46 vote(s) \| No comments yet Siemens researchers working in collaboration with specialists from Infineon have developed a receiver that converts Internet data from fiber-optic cables into electrical signals at breathtaking speed. At present, ...

Sharp to Introduce World's Largest 108-Inch LCD Monitor for Commercial Applications Electronic Devices / Hardware June 13, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 3 Sharp Corporation will introduce into the Japanese market a 108V-inch LCD monitor, the world’s largest, for business and commercial applications.

No Power Use in Standby: New Zero-Watt Monitor Electronic Devices / Hardware April 28, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 31 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 Computer monitors in standby mode will soon save far more energy. Fujitsu Siemens Computers has developed the world’s first monitor that requires no electricity at all in idle mode.

Researchers Set Speed Record for Silicon-Based Chips Electronic Devices / Hardware June 20, 2006 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 45 vote(s) \| No comments yet A research team from IBM and the Georgia Institute of Technology has demonstrated the first silicon-germanium transistor able to operate at frequencies above 500 GHz. Though the record performance was attained ...

The Multimedia Dome: Look, Listen and be Amazed Electronic Devices / Hardware September 01, 2006 \| User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 15 vote(s) \| No comments yet Making its first public appearance at the IFA international consumer electronics fair in Berlin, the Multimedia Dome is the first digital dome theater to feature natural spatial sound: it envelops visitors ...

Iowa State To Have The Most Realistic Virtual Reality Room in the World Electronic Devices / Hardware May 09, 2006 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| No comments yet More than $4 million in equipment upgrades will shine 100 million pixels on Iowa State University’s six-sided virtual reality room. That’s twice the number of pixels lighting up any virtual reality room in ...

Longer battery life for wireless devices? Electronic Devices / Hardware May 04, 2006 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 20 vote(s) \| No comments yet Those worries about what happens when you need to make that urgent phone call on a dying cell phone, or having your laptop go blank mid-document could soon be lessened. Researchers at the University of Rochester say they've ...

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Intel Microchip Packs Two Billion Transistors Electronic Devices / Hardware February 04, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 63 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Intel has just announced the first microchip that contains more than two billion transistors - tiny switches that together perform the calculations in computers. The chip, known as Tukwila, marks a milestone ...

Argonne's supercomputer named world’s fastest for open science, third overall Electronic Devices / Hardware June 18, 2008 \| User rating: 2.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory's IBM Blue Gene/P high-performance computing system is now the fastest supercomputer in the world for open science, according to the semiannual Top500 List ...

Intel Producing First Processor Prototypes With New, Tiny 45 Nanometer Transistors Electronic Devices / Hardware January 27, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 52 vote(s) \| No comments yet In one of the biggest advancements in fundamental transistor design, Intel Corporation today revealed that it is using two dramatically new materials to build the insulating walls and switching gates of its ...

World's fastest transistor approaches goal of terahertz device Electronic Devices / Hardware December 11, 2006 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 46 vote(s) \| No comments yet Scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have again broken their own speed record for the world’s fastest transistor. With a frequency of 845 gigahertz, their latest device is approximately ...

Samsung Develops World’s First 'Blue Phase' Technology to Achieve 240 Hz Driving Speed for High-Speed Video Electronic Devices / Hardware May 14, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Samsung Electronics announced today that it has developed the world’s first “Blue Phase” LCD panel – which will offer more natural moving images with an unprecedented image-driving speed of 240 Hertz. Samsung ...

Roadrunner supercomputer puts research at a new scale Electronic Devices / Hardware June 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 21 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Less than a week after Los Alamos National Laboratory's Roadrunner supercomputer began operating at world-record petaflop/s data-processing speeds, Los Alamos researchers are already using the computer to ...

Mitsubishi’s new Blu-ray converts your movies into 3D Electronic Devices / Hardware August 28, 2007 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 23 vote(s) \| No comments yet Mitsubishi recently revealed a new Blu-ray player that can convert existing 2D movies into 3D in real time. The company showed off the technology to a few tech journalists at the Barclay’s PGA Tour at Westchester Country ...

Miniaturized Full Color Laser Projector at the LASER 2007 show Electronic Devices / Hardware May 30, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 30 vote(s) \| No comments yet Fraunhofer IPMS shows a full color laser projection system based on its own two dimensional micro scanning mirror. The system contains an ultra compact projection head and a separate laser and signal processing ...

Two DVDs per second: a tiny chip processes data at extremely high speed Electronic Devices / Hardware May 12, 2006 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 46 vote(s) \| No comments yet Siemens researchers working in collaboration with specialists from Infineon have developed a receiver that converts Internet data from fiber-optic cables into electrical signals at breathtaking speed. At present, ...

Sharp to Introduce World's Largest 108-Inch LCD Monitor for Commercial Applications Electronic Devices / Hardware June 13, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 3 Sharp Corporation will introduce into the Japanese market a 108V-inch LCD monitor, the world’s largest, for business and commercial applications.

No Power Use in Standby: New Zero-Watt Monitor Electronic Devices / Hardware April 28, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 31 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 Computer monitors in standby mode will soon save far more energy. Fujitsu Siemens Computers has developed the world’s first monitor that requires no electricity at all in idle mode.

Researchers Set Speed Record for Silicon-Based Chips Electronic Devices / Hardware June 20, 2006 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 45 vote(s) \| No comments yet A research team from IBM and the Georgia Institute of Technology has demonstrated the first silicon-germanium transistor able to operate at frequencies above 500 GHz. Though the record performance was attained ...

The Multimedia Dome: Look, Listen and be Amazed Electronic Devices / Hardware September 01, 2006 \| User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 15 vote(s) \| No comments yet Making its first public appearance at the IFA international consumer electronics fair in Berlin, the Multimedia Dome is the first digital dome theater to feature natural spatial sound: it envelops visitors ...

Iowa State To Have The Most Realistic Virtual Reality Room in the World Electronic Devices / Hardware May 09, 2006 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| No comments yet More than $4 million in equipment upgrades will shine 100 million pixels on Iowa State University’s six-sided virtual reality room. That’s twice the number of pixels lighting up any virtual reality room in ...

Longer battery life for wireless devices? Electronic Devices / Hardware May 04, 2006 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 20 vote(s) \| No comments yet Those worries about what happens when you need to make that urgent phone call on a dying cell phone, or having your laptop go blank mid-document could soon be lessened. Researchers at the University of Rochester say they've ...

Intel Microchip Packs Two Billion Transistors

Argonne's supercomputer named world’s fastest for open science, third overall

Intel Producing First Processor Prototypes With New, Tiny 45 Nanometer Transistors

World's fastest transistor approaches goal of terahertz device

Samsung Develops World’s First 'Blue Phase' Technology to Achieve 240 Hz Driving Speed for High-Speed Video

Roadrunner supercomputer puts research at a new scale

Mitsubishi’s new Blu-ray converts your movies into 3D

Miniaturized Full Color Laser Projector at the LASER 2007 show

Two DVDs per second: a tiny chip processes data at extremely high speed

Sharp to Introduce World's Largest 108-Inch LCD Monitor for Commercial Applications

No Power Use in Standby: New Zero-Watt Monitor

Researchers Set Speed Record for Silicon-Based Chips

The Multimedia Dome: Look, Listen and be Amazed

Iowa State To Have The Most Realistic Virtual Reality Room in the World

Longer battery life for wireless devices?

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