50 Years of Moore’s Law
The iconic Moore’s Law will mark its 50th anniversary this Sunday, April 19th. In celebration, we’ll be taking a look at the solid state revolutionary who made the incredible prediction, the inception...
View ArticleThree Atom Thick Transistor
A new study by two ECS published authors, David Muller and Jiwoong Park, has led to an electronic piece that is just three atoms thick. The researchers have unveiled a process to develop ultra-thin...
View ArticleIBM’s New Chip Quadruples Capacity
In recent years, the semiconductor industry has struggled to keep up with the pace of the legendary Moore’s Law. With the current 14-nanometer generation of chips, researchers have begun to question if...
View ArticleDriving the Progress Predicted by Moore’s Law
The iconic Moore’s law has predicted the technological growth of the chip industry for more than 50 years. When ECS member and co-founder of Intel Gordon Moore proposed the law, he stated that the...
View ArticleThe Death of Moore’s Law
The future of technology Image: Tau Zero/Flickr The iconic Moore’s law has guided Silicon Valley and the technology industry at large for over 50 years. Moore’s prediction that the number of...
View ArticleMaking the New Silicon: Gallium Nitride on the Rise
Shown here is the smallest laptop power adapter ever, made using GaN transistors. Image: Cambridge Electronics Recent discussions in the electronics industry have revolved around the future of...
View ArticleNew Semiconductor Material Breathes Life into Moore’s Law
Newly developed semiconductor materials are showing promising potential for the future of super-fast electronics. A new study out of the University of Manchester details a new material called Indium...
View ArticleThe Future of Electronics is Light
By: Arnab Hazari, University of Michigan For the past four decades, the electronics industry has been driven by what is called “Moore’s Law,” which is not a law but more an axiom or observation....
View ArticleIt’s Now Tougher (and More Expensive) to Find Big Ideas
Big ideas are getting harder and harder to find, and innovations have become increasingly massive and costly endeavors, according to new research. As a result, tremendous continual increases in...
View ArticleTop 5 Scientific Achievements from 1968
Nineteen sixty-eight marked a year of tragedy but also of transformation. It may be 50 years in our past, but what occurred that year is still very much alive with us today. Here are our top 5 reasons...
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