Research Bits: Dec. 2


Ionothermoelectric cooling Researchers from the University of Osaka, University of Tokyo, and Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology proposed an ionothermoelectric cooling strategy for chips that enhances cooling by driving the flow of ions through nanoscale channels. “We fabricated a nanosized pore in a semiconductor membrane and surrounded the nanopore ... » read more

System Bits: Sept. 27


Memory management scheme accommodates commercial chips In an improvement to a memory management scheme presented last year in which MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory researchers unveiled what they said was a fundamentally new way of managing memory on computer chips — one that would use circuit space much more efficiently as chips continue to comprise more and more... » read more

Power/Performance Bits: July 29


Cool Magnets MIT researchers believe that magnets on the outside of the refrigerator may someday be used for cooling. Magnons, which are essentially a collective spin wave or quasi-particle, are also conductors of heat. MIT researchers found that when exposed to a magnetic field gradient, magnons can be driven from one end of a magnet to another, carrying heat with them. “You can p... » read more