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Microwaves from silicon chips?

Microwaves from silicon chips?Digital microwavesBetween 12v plus and 12v minus there are a myriad of selectable voltages.With a software program I can write a sine wave that is pulses of DC.The higher the pulsing frequency the more perfect the sine wave.In my software program I just click from times ten...

Tags: Network technology, Semiconductors, microwave, silicon chip, chip

Discussion threads 2008-05-30

Microwaves from silicon chips?

X-rays are widely used for medical imaging and security, but they still are dangerous. Would it be possible to replace X-rays by an imaging technology based on microwave radiation? Until now, it was not feasible because portable devices were not powerful enough. Now, two U.S. scientists have found how to...

Tags: Microwave, Signal, Silicon Chip, Capacitor, Chip, Lattice, X-rays, Ehsan Afshari, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Document Management, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-30

Silicon chips for optical quantum computing

UK researchers at Bristol University have shown that it is possible to control single photons on a silicon chip. The team developed 'the world's smallest optical controlled-NOT gate -- the building block of a quantum computer.' As said the lead researcher, 'This is a crucial step towards a future optical...

Tags: Optics, Abstract, Silicon Chip, Computing, Quantum Corp., Chip, Quantum Computing, Quantum Computer, Quantum Technology, Quantum Circuit, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-03-30

Lasers blink through silicon chips

Lasers blink through silicon chipsCould it be....Our first baby step toward optical computers.Something truly worthy of a patent...a real, mechanical thing. BTW, IBM introduced an optical transistor way back in the early 80's. The thing fit on a lab table, but it was apparently very fast for the...

Tags: Semiconductors, silicon chip, laser, chip

Discussion threads 2006-01-29

Lasers blink through silicon chips

Researchers have tried for years to use light to carry data because it's much faster and efficient than current interconnections used in telecommunications and computers. Now, engineers at the University of Texas at Austin have designed a chip made of silicon 'photonic crystals'. This chip acts as a silicon modulator...

Tags: chip, modulator

Blog posts 2006-01-29

D-Link AirPlus G DWL-G630 Wireless Cardbus Adapter 6.0.1.1 (Windows)

D-Link AirPlus G DWL-G630 Wireless Cardbus Adapteris a wireless laptop adapter featuring the very latest in advanced wireless silicon chip technology including enhanced security to shield and protect your wireless communication from intruders.

Tags: D-Link Systems, Silicon Chip, Microsoft Windows, Home Networking, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2004-04-06

D-Link AirPlus G DWL-G630 Wireless Cardbus Adapter 2.2.0.19 (Windows)

The D-Link AirPlus G DWL-G630 Cardbus Adapter is a wireless laptop adapter featuring the very latest in advanced wireless silicon chip technology including enhanced security to shield and protect your wireless communication from intruders.

Tags: D-Link Systems, Silicon Chip, Microsoft Windows, D-Link AirPlus G DWL-G630 Cardbus Adapter, Home Networking, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2003-12-21

Additional Resources

IBM researchers speed up medical diagnostic testing via chip

IBM researchers have cooked up a quick medical diagnostic testing system based on a silicon chip that can get by on small sample and test for multiple diseases. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Researcher, IBM Corp., Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-11-17

Google Maps and the mystery of the non-existent town

anagram softwareDid you get the words "not real" out of it? With an extra "G" left over?Brilliant!Good find! If that isn't the solution, then it sure is one heck of a coincidence.It wouldn't surprise me at all if that is it. Similar things -- adding a fictional item...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Network technology, Zack, Yahoo Maps, Google Inc., Google Maps, Argleton

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Caltech develops robot with digital camera to study sight restoration

That's not Wall-E, but Cyclops, a four-wheeled robot developed by Caltech scientists for studying possible forms of sight restoration with the help of a digital camera planted in the eye of the robot. According to CNET, the movements of the digital camera eye could "help refine...

Tags: California Institute Of Technology, Digital Camera, Camera, Retinal, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Robots, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Emerging Technologies, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Computers have speed limit as unbreakable as speed of light, say physicists

A pair of physicists have shown that if processors continue to accelerate in accordance to Moore's Law, we'll hit the wall of faster processing in roughly 75 years. The curtain will eventually come down for silicon in today's manufacturing methods once engineers can no longer further shrink...

Tags: Processor, Physicist, Speed, Computer, Moore, Productivity, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-10-15

Gauging our future

As long as there has been digital tech, it's GIGO. Without data or faulty data, well, you get what you start with. Digital tech does not take cow manure and return tasty tomatoes. So even if your grandchildren are still powering this planet with coal...

Tags: Grid, Teridian, Manufacturing, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-06

Intel: 32nm is just the beginning

Intel hasn't released its 32nm Westmere processors yet, but executives spent the first day of the Intel Developer Forum IDF talking about technology even farther down road. In his keynote, executive VP Sean Maloney gave a glimpse of a desktop running Sandy Bridge, the new microarchitecture that comes after Westmere,...

Tags: Graphics, Intel Corp., Chip, GPU, Westmere, Sandy Bridge, Process Technology, Larrabee, Semiconductors, Processors, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-09-23

Apricorn's 4 TB hard card: PCI RAID array pt. 1

The folks over at Apricorn - a 26 year old company in SoCal - sent me their new PCIe Drive Array to review. A new video capture card requires higher bandwidth storage - over 100 MB/s sustained - so the timing was good. You may recall the...

Tags: Card, Bandwidth, Disk, Apricorn, Video, PCI Express, Video Capture Card, MB/sec, PeDA, WD, Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro Video Capture Card, RAID, Corporate Communications, Storage, PCI, Hardware, Marketing, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-08-27

IBM scientists create DNA computer chip

IBM scientists and a collaborator from the California Institute of Technology have created a computer chip utilizing synthesized DNA molecules. The approach could pave the way to create tiny circuits that could form the basis of smaller, more powerful computer chips. The DNA acts as scaffolding where...

Tags: Computer Chip, DNA, Scientist, Computer, IBM Corp., Chip, Biotechnology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-08-18

News to know: Clearwire; Google Caffeine; innovation; Office and Nokia; VMWare; Windows 7

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Clearwire bets on fourth quarter WiMax tipping point Garett Rogers: Google to Caffeinate search results ...

Tags: Innovation, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Google Android, Nokia Corp., Clearwire Corp., Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Windows, VMware Inc., Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Mobile Operating Systems, Data Centers, Smart Phones, Virtualization, Microsoft Office, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Office Suites, Software

Blog posts 2009-08-12

Back to school goes cheap: Here comes another round of Mac vs PC

Market research firm NPD Group said today that 44 percent of consumers will spend less this back-to-school season. And electronics, despite falling below school supplies and clothing on the priority list, still ranks high on the chart as consumers go cheap and start looking for bargains to keep costs down....

Tags: Apple Macintosh, PC, Steve Ballmer, Apple Inc., Machine, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-11

To the Moon: Grumman, One Giant Landing for Mankind

To the Moon: Grumman, One Giant Landing for MankindDigital FBWActually, NASA's F-8 DFBW flew prior to the X-29. The F/A-18 also has DFBW and flew prior to the X-29. The X-29, which did have DFBW, was actually designed to evaluate forward swept wing technology. The DFBW was...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, X-29, Grumman

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

Intel discusses upcoming laptop and Atom chips, why we need more performance in mobile devices

This week I'm at the Semicon West show in San Francisco. Most of this is inside baseball--the show is devoted to the companies that make the equipment used to manufacture chips--but in his opening keynote, Anand Chandrasekher, who heads up Intel's Ultra Mobility Group, discussed some details of the company's...

Tags: Performance, Mobile, Power Consumption, Mobile Device, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Chip, Advertising & Promotion, Performance Management, Notebooks, Processors, Marketing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-07-15

AMD fills out six-core Opteron lineup

AMD fills out six-core Opteron lineupWhy?This ridiculous...I can understand their wanting to be ahead in the market but 6core? It's absolutely pointless currently. There isn't even enough stuff out that utilizes quad cores, not to mention the 64 bit part either. I enjoy drooling over new tech but there has...

Tags: Processors, Network technology, Semiconductors, 64-bit, Opteron lineup, multi-core, six-core Opteron lineup, chip, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-13