Power/Performance Bits: April 8

By Jesse Allen - 08 Apr, 2019 - Comments: 0

Predicting battery life Researchers at Stanford University, MIT, and Toyota Research Institute developed a machine learning model that can predict how long a lithium-ion battery can be expected to perform. The researchers' model was trained on a few hundred million data points of batteries charging and discharging. The dataset consists of 124 commercial lithium iron phosphate/graphite cells... » read more

System Bits: March 26

By Jeff Dorsch - 26 Mar, 2019 - Comments: 0

Swear to tell the truth Lots of lies are told on the Internet. Shuyuan Ho of Florida State University wants to unveil those falsehoods with an online polygraph. “The future of my research is an online polygraph that could be used many different ways,” said Ho, an associate professor in the College of Communication and Information. “You could use it for online dating, Facebook, Twitter... » read more

System Bits: March 11

By Jeff Dorsch - 11 Mar, 2019 - Comments: 0

Cryptography IC for the IoT Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers report their development of a cryptographic circuit that could be used to protect low-power Internet of Things devices when quantum computing takes hold. [caption id="attachment_24144905" align="alignleft" width="300"] Image Credit: MIT[/caption] The research team presented a paper at the 2019 International Sol... » read more

Manufacturing Bits: Feb. 26

By Mark LaPedus - 26 Feb, 2019 - Comments: 0

Vitamin C chips Using vitamin C, Rice University has developed a process that turns gold nanorods into small gold nanowires. Nanorods are a type of structure, while nanowires are simply tiny wires. With the technology, Rice is able to produce nanowires with various lengths. These can be used in electronics as well as light-manipulating applications like plasmons. A “plasmon is a quantum o... » read more

System Bits: Feb. 19

By Jeff Dorsch - 19 Feb, 2019 - Comments: 0

Eco-friendly material for wireless IoT sensors Researchers at Canada’s Simon Fraser University and in Switzerland collaborated on developing a wood-derived cellulose material that could be used in a 3D printer, instead of the customary plastic and polymeric materials for electronics. With 3D printing, the material can offer flexibility to add or embed functions onto 3D shapes or fabrics, the... » read more

Power/Performance Bits: Feb. 19

By Jesse Allen - 19 Feb, 2019 - Comments: 0

Flexible energy harvesting rectenna Researchers from MIT, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, University Carlos III of Madrid, Boston University, University of Southern California, and the Army Research Laboratory created a flexible rectenna capable of converting energy from Wi-Fi signals into electricity to power small devices and sensors. The device uses a flexible RF antenna to capture e... » read more

System Bits: Feb. 11

By Jeff Dorsch - 11 Feb, 2019 - Comments: 0

Modeling computer vision on human vision University of Michigan scientists used digital foveation technology to render images that are more comprehensible to machine vision systems, while also reducing energy consumption by 80%. The effect is achieved by manipulating a camera’s firmware. “It'll make new things and things that were infeasible before, practical,” Professor Robert Dick s... » read more

December ’18 Startup Funding: Big Rounds As 2018 Ends

By Jeff Dorsch - 03 Jan, 2019 - Comments: 0

During the month of December, 16 startups had private funding rounds of $100 million and up, with half of them in the mobility area. Those 16 rounds totaled $3.2 billion as the year concluded. Before the holidays, the SoftBank Vision Fund invested $500 million in Cambridge Mobile Telematics, provider of the DriveWell platform used by insurers, vehicle fleets, wireless carriers, and others to... » read more

Power/Performance Bits: Jan. 2

By Jesse Allen - 02 Jan, 2019 - Comments: 0

High-temp electronics Researchers at Purdue University, UC Santa Cruz, and Stanford developed a semiconducting plastic capable of operating at extreme temperatures. The new material, which combines both a semiconducting organic polymer and a conventional insulating organic polymer could reliably conduct electricity in up to 220 degrees Celsius (428 F). "One of the plastics transports the ch... » read more

Power/Performance Bits: Dec. 18

By Jesse Allen - 18 Dec, 2018 - Comments: 0

Solar storage Engineers at MIT, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory designed a system to store renewable energy in vast amounts and deliver it back to the grid when power generation is low. The system stores excess electricity from solar or wind installations as heat using tanks of white-hot molten silicon, and then converts the light from the glowi... » read more

← Older posts Newer posts →

Knowledge Centers
Entities, people and technologies explored

Startup Funding: Q2 2024

Big rounds for AI chips; 91 startups raise $2.6 billion.

by Jesse Allen

CPU Performance Bottlenecks Limit Parallel Processing Speedups

Hardware optimizations and well-thought-out software architectures can help, but only incrementally.

by Bryon Moyer

When To Expect Domain-Specific AI Chips

With the intended application evolving faster than silicon can be developed, optimizing hardware becomes a delicate balance.

by Brian Bailey

Fantastical Creatures

Why HLS is critical for determining which type of processors to use.

by Russell Klein

IC Industry’s Growing Role In Sustainability

Addressing energy consumption has become a requirement as AI takes root, but it requires changes across the entire ecosystem.

by Ann Mutschler

Heat-Related Issues Impact Reliability In Advanced IC Designs

Retaining data in memories and processors becomes more difficult as temperatures rise in advanced packages and under heavy workloads.

by Ann Mutschler

Temperature: A Growing Concern For Chip Security Experts

It used to be a lab-based threat, but heat is emerging as a real attack vector.

by Adam Kovac

Memory Fundamentals For Engineers

eBook: Nearly everything you need to know about memory, including detailed explanations of the different types of memory; how and where these are used today; what's changing, which memories are successful and which ones might be in the future; and the limitations of each memory type.

by The SE Staff

tag: MIT

Power/Performance Bits: April 8

System Bits: March 26

System Bits: March 11

Manufacturing Bits: Feb. 26

System Bits: Feb. 19

Power/Performance Bits: Feb. 19

System Bits: Feb. 11

December ’18 Startup Funding: Big Rounds As 2018 Ends

Power/Performance Bits: Jan. 2

Power/Performance Bits: Dec. 18

Trending Articles

AI’s Role In Chip Design Widens, Drawing In New Startups

Defining The Chiplet Socket

New AI Processors Architectures Balance Speed With Efficiency

Chip Industry Week In Review

What Comes After HBM For Chiplets

Knowledge Centers
Entities, people and technologies explored