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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 ...

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 ...

Toshiba's New 1.8-inch SATA HDD Achieves 160GB Electronic Devices / Hardware June 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Toshiba Corporation today announced a new line-up of 1.8-inch hard disk drives adopting a serial ATA interface, including the industry's first drive of this type with a capacity of 160 gigabytes. The new 160GB ...

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 31 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, ...

Researchers Set Speed Record for Silicon-Based Chips Electronic Devices / Hardware June 20, 2006 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 46 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 ...

Samsung Develops 7-inch WVGA, Single-Chip LCD for Mobile Devices Electronic Devices / Hardware May 02, 2006 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 20 vote(s) \| No comments yet Samsung Electronics announced today that it has developed the industry's first amorphous silicon (a-Si) seven-inch, single-chip TFT-LCD panel that reproduces colors in high resolution (WVGA-level, 800×480 pixels).

SanDisk Releases Solid-State Drives Aimed at Ultra Low-Cost PCs Electronic Devices / Hardware June 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 17 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 SanDisk Corporation today introduced a line of flash memory-based solid-state drives (SSDs) that are designed for an emerging new category of portable consumer electronics – called Ultra Low-Cost PCs (ULCPC) ...

Samsung Electronics unveils new 256GB solid state drive Electronic Devices / Hardware May 26, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 40 vote(s) \| No comments yet Samsung Electronics announced today that it has developed the world’s fastest, 2.5-inch, 256 Gigabyte (GB) multi-level cell (MLC) based solid state drive (SSD) using a SATA II interface at the fifth annual ...

Apple sways potential users with Boot Camp Electronic Devices / Hardware May 03, 2006 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 15 vote(s) \| No comments yet Offer a choice and they will come. This appears to be the situation with Apple Computer's Intel-based computer line, released this year as part of the company's conversion to Intel logic boards and processors.

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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 ...

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 ...

Toshiba's New 1.8-inch SATA HDD Achieves 160GB Electronic Devices / Hardware June 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Toshiba Corporation today announced a new line-up of 1.8-inch hard disk drives adopting a serial ATA interface, including the industry's first drive of this type with a capacity of 160 gigabytes. The new 160GB ...

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 31 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, ...

Researchers Set Speed Record for Silicon-Based Chips Electronic Devices / Hardware June 20, 2006 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 46 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 ...

Samsung Develops 7-inch WVGA, Single-Chip LCD for Mobile Devices Electronic Devices / Hardware May 02, 2006 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 20 vote(s) \| No comments yet Samsung Electronics announced today that it has developed the industry's first amorphous silicon (a-Si) seven-inch, single-chip TFT-LCD panel that reproduces colors in high resolution (WVGA-level, 800×480 pixels).

SanDisk Releases Solid-State Drives Aimed at Ultra Low-Cost PCs Electronic Devices / Hardware June 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 17 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 SanDisk Corporation today introduced a line of flash memory-based solid-state drives (SSDs) that are designed for an emerging new category of portable consumer electronics – called Ultra Low-Cost PCs (ULCPC) ...

Samsung Electronics unveils new 256GB solid state drive Electronic Devices / Hardware May 26, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 40 vote(s) \| No comments yet Samsung Electronics announced today that it has developed the world’s fastest, 2.5-inch, 256 Gigabyte (GB) multi-level cell (MLC) based solid state drive (SSD) using a SATA II interface at the fifth annual ...

Apple sways potential users with Boot Camp Electronic Devices / Hardware May 03, 2006 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 15 vote(s) \| No comments yet Offer a choice and they will come. This appears to be the situation with Apple Computer's Intel-based computer line, released this year as part of the company's conversion to Intel logic boards and processors.

Intel Microchip Packs Two Billion Transistors

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

World's fastest transistor approaches goal of terahertz device

Toshiba's New 1.8-inch SATA HDD Achieves 160GB

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

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?

Samsung Develops 7-inch WVGA, Single-Chip LCD for Mobile Devices

SanDisk Releases Solid-State Drives Aimed at Ultra Low-Cost PCs

Samsung Electronics unveils new 256GB solid state drive

Apple sways potential users with Boot Camp

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