https://techxplore.com/hardware-news/ en-us The latest news on consumer electronic hardware, electronic gadgets, hardware and electronics. By strategically straining materials that are as thin as a single layer of atoms, University of Rochester scientists have developed a new form of computing memory that is at once fast, dense, and low-power. The researchers outline their new hybrid resistive switches in a study published in Nature Electronics. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-11-hybrid-phase-change-memristors-possibilities.html Hardware Thu, 30 Nov 2023 12:11:43 EST news620568701 Multifunctional computer chips have evolved to do more with integrated sensors, processors, memory and other specialized components. However, as chips have expanded, the time required to move information between functional components has also grown. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-11-2d-material-reshape-3d-electronics.html Hardware Thu, 30 Nov 2023 09:58:08 EST news620560686 Leonardo da Vinci may have been a genius, but he was also a hot mess—at least in terms of organizing his works. When he died in 1519, the Renaissance master left behind 7,000 pages of undated drawings, scientific observations and personal journals, more or less jumbled up in a box. So, when his assistant collected da Vinci's papers, he did his best to collate them into journals, or codices, mostly based on subject matter. Ever since, art historians have used all sorts of techniques to make an accurate timeline of the various documents now held in museums and collections across the world. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-11-da-vinci-chronology-renaissance-genius.html Software Tue, 14 Nov 2023 15:09:26 EST news619196951 Technology is edging closer and closer to the super-speed world of computing with artificial intelligence. But is the world equipped with the proper hardware to be able to handle the workload of new AI technological breakthroughs? https://techxplore.com/news/2023-11-neuromorphic-team-hardware-mimics-human.html Hardware Mon, 06 Nov 2023 14:31:03 EST news618503461 Researchers at the City University of Hong Kong found the secret to a more efficient, less expensive approach to keeping massive computer systems cool: Just add salt. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-11-salt-solution-cools-boosts.html Hardware Wed, 01 Nov 2023 13:15:26 EDT news618063320 Researchers from Tsinghua University, China, have developed an all-analog photoelectronic chip that combines optical and electronic computing to achieve ultrafast and highly energy-efficient computer vision processing, surpassing digital processors. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-future-ai-hardware-scientists-unveil.html Hardware Wed, 01 Nov 2023 06:30:01 EDT news617966070 A new smartphone case could soon enable folks with visual impairments, tremors and spasms to use touch screens independently. Developed at the University of Michigan, BrushLens could help users perceive, locate and tap buttons and keys on the touch screen menus now ubiquitous in restaurant kiosks, ATM machines and other public terminals. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-case-workaround-inaccessible-screens.html Consumer & Gadgets Thu, 26 Oct 2023 14:26:03 EDT news617549161 Hussam Amrouch has developed an AI-ready architecture that is twice as powerful as comparable in-memory computing approaches. As reported in the journal Nature Communications, the professor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) applies a new computational paradigm using special circuits known as ferroelectric field effect transistors (FeFETs). Within a few years, this could prove useful for generative AI, deep learning algorithms and robotic applications. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-exploring-energy-saving-ai-chip.html Hardware Thu, 26 Oct 2023 12:37:03 EDT news617542621 Australian researchers have developed cutting-edge technology known as "acoustic touch" that helps people "see" using sound. The technology has the potential to transform the lives of those who are blind or have low vision. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-acoustic-vision.html Hardware Thu, 26 Oct 2023 10:20:02 EDT news617534064 A large team of computer scientists and engineers at IBM Research has developed a dedicated computer chip that is able to run AI-based image recognition apps 22 times as fast as chips that are currently on the market. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-ibm-northpole-chip-ai-based-image.html Hardware Fri, 20 Oct 2023 09:18:19 EDT news617012294 In a paper published in Nature Photonics, researchers from the University of Oxford, along with collaborators from the Universities of Muenster, Heidelberg, and Exeter, report on their development of integrated photonic-electronic hardware capable of processing three-dimensional (3D) data, substantially boosting data processing parallelism for AI tasks. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-square-cube-hardware-ai-3d.html Hardware Thu, 19 Oct 2023 11:00:01 EDT news616926353 There is an intense, worldwide search for novel materials to build computer microchips with that are not based on classic transistors but on much more energy-saving, brain-like components. However, whereas the theoretical basis for classic transistor-based digital computers is solid, there are no real theoretical guidelines for the creation of brain-like computers. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-hardware-theoretical-basis.html Hardware Tue, 17 Oct 2023 10:28:36 EDT news616757314 Semiconductors are the heart of almost every electronic device. Without semiconductors, our computers would not be able to process and retain data; and LED (light-emitting diode) lightbulbs would lose their ability to shine. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-sustainable-semiconductors-multielement-ink.html Hardware Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:41:04 EDT news615120061 A machine-learning algorithm demonstrated the capability to process data that exceeds a computer's available memory by identifying a massive data set's key features and dividing them into manageable batches that don't choke computer hardware. Developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory, the algorithm set a world record for factorizing huge data sets during a test run on Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Summit, the world's fifth-fastest supercomputer. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-machine-masters-massive-algorithm-exabyte.html Hardware Mon, 11 Sep 2023 16:35:04 EDT news613668902 Evolutionary robotics is a sub-field of robotics aimed at developing artificial "organisms" that can improve their capabilities and body configuration in response to their surroundings, just as humans and animals evolve, adapting their skills and appearance over time. A growing number of roboticists have been trying to develop these evolvable robotic systems, leveraging recent artificial intelligence (AI) advances. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-exploring-effects-hardware-exploration-space.html Hardware Mon, 04 Sep 2023 10:40:02 EDT news613040782 Scientists at Rice University in Houston, Texas have developed a fabric-based wearable device that "taps" a user's wrist with pressurized air, silently helping them navigate to their destination. The study, published August 29 in the journal Device, demonstrated that users correctly interpreted which direction the device was telling them to go an average of 87% of the time. Since the wearable embeds most of its control system within the fabric itself, using air instead of electronics, it can be built lighter and more compact than existing designs. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-08-lightweight-wearable-device-users-wrist.html Hardware Tue, 29 Aug 2023 11:00:01 EDT news612519189 Separate developments in speech recognition technology from IBM and California universities at San Francisco and Berkeley offer promising news for patients suffering from vocal paralysis and speech loss. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-08-advances-ai-chips-boost-voice.html Hardware Mon, 28 Aug 2023 09:41:32 EDT news612434474 To continue reducing the costs of solar energy and other clean energy technologies, scientists and engineers will likely need to focus, at least in part, on improving technology features that are not based on hardware, according to MIT researchers. They describe this finding and the mechanisms behind it in Nature Energy. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-08-scientists-hardware-solar-energy-tech.html Hardware Thu, 17 Aug 2023 11:00:01 EDT news611483155 A technology for the three-dimensional integration of processing units and memory, as reported by researchers from Tokyo Tech, has achieved the highest attainable performance in the whole world, paving the way to faster and more efficient computing. Named "BBCube 3D," this innovative stacked architecture achieves higher data bandwidths than state-of-the-art memory technologies, while also minimizing the energy needed for bit access. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-bbcube-3d-cpugpu-memory-hybrid.html Hardware Thu, 29 Jun 2023 09:49:03 EDT news607250941 Researchers have developed a new design for computer memory that could both greatly improve performance and reduce the energy demands of internet and communications technologies, which are predicted to consume nearly a third of global electricity within the next ten years. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-memory-greatly-energy.html Hardware Fri, 23 Jun 2023 10:16:04 EDT news606734161 Researchers have created a small device that "sees" and creates memories in a similar way to humans, in a promising step towards one day having applications that can make rapid, complex decisions such as in self-driving cars. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-tiny-device-mimics-human-vision.html Hardware Wed, 14 Jun 2023 10:00:01 EDT news605951993 The never-ending quest for faster, smaller computers that can do more has led manufacturers to design ever tinier transistors that are now packed into computer chips by the tens of billions. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-photonic-power-artificial-life.html Hardware Wed, 07 Jun 2023 10:33:39 EDT news605352807 In recent years, electronics engineers have been trying to develop new brain-inspired hardware that can run artificial intelligence (AI) models more efficiently. While most existing hardware is specialized in either sensing, processing or storing data, some teams have been exploring the possibility of combining these three functionalities in a single device. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-05-electrochemical-transistor-sensor-processor.html Hardware Fri, 02 Jun 2023 09:30:01 EDT news604748492 A team of security researchers at Georgia Tech, the University of Michigan and Ruhr University Bochum in Germany has reported a new form of side-channel attack that capitalizes on power and speed management methods used by graphics processing units and systems on a chip (SoCs). https://techxplore.com/news/2023-05-hot-pixels-cpu.html Hardware Wed, 31 May 2023 09:30:03 EDT news604727043 Researchers at Oregon State University and Baylor University have made a breakthrough toward reducing the energy consumption of the photonic chips used in data centers and supercomputers. The paper is published in the journal Scientific Reports. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-05-breakthrough-chip-energy-efficiency-center.html Hardware Wed, 24 May 2023 10:21:58 EDT news604142516 Researchers have created atomically thin artificial neurons capable of processing both light and electric signals for computing. The material enables the simultaneous existence of separate feedforward and feedback paths within a neural network, boosting the ability to solve complex problems. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-05-artificial-neurons-mimic-complex-brain.html Hardware Fri, 05 May 2023 13:05:42 EDT news602510739 Researchers at the Technical University of Berlin say they uncovered a new vulnerability in AMD's Trusted Platform Module (TPM). The flaw exposes firmware TPMs, or fTPMs, to attack. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-05-amd-ftpm-vulnerability-uncovered.html Hardware Wed, 03 May 2023 17:00:01 EDT news602351146 Neural networks are distributed computing structures inspired by the structure of a biological brain and aim to achieve cognitive performance comparable to that of humans but in a much shorter time. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-05-neural-networks-photonic-chips-harnessing.html Hardware Tue, 02 May 2023 11:20:38 EDT news602245229 Researchers have developed a new light-based computing scheme that uses a photonic integrated circuit to reduce the energy necessary for cryptocurrency and blockchain applications. Mining cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin—a process of verifying transactions and adding new cryptocurrency to the blockchain—consumes up to 1% of the world's energy. This energy expenditure is expected to grow as cryptocurrency and blockchain applications become increasingly mainstream. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-04-light-based-scheme-power-cryptocurrencies.html Hardware Thu, 27 Apr 2023 14:05:51 EDT news601823147 Researchers from the College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering at Nankai University have used flexible artificial synapse devices to develop a neuromorphic motion perception system that realizes the brain's multisensory functions at the hardware level and exhibits excellent motion perception performance. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-04-team-brain-sensory-functions-artificial.html Hardware Wed, 26 Apr 2023 09:19:03 EDT news601719541