News Aug 31, 2026 A tiny gallium nitride switch that can hold almost 4,000 volts An EPFL device spreads high voltage along its length instead of letting it pile up at one weak point, while keeping resistance low. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
News Aug 31, 2026 A silicon ring that fires light spikes in only one direction A reconfigurable silicon ring turns a steady laser into one-way optical pulses and uses a weak return beam to excite, quiet, or synchronize a neighbor. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
Mindbytes Jul 17, 2026 DOE Breakthrough in Domestic Silicon and Germanium Isotope Supply Chains DOE, Oak Ridge produce ultra-enriched silane for quantum computers. Silicon-28, germanium-74 isotopes boost qubit coherence, securing domestic quantum supply chain. Linsey Smith 1 min read
News Oct 8, 2025 xAI raises funding to $20 billion with Nvidia investment Elon Musk's AI startup gets more money than planned, including from chipmaker Nvidia, to speed up its work on powerful data centers. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
News Aug 3, 2026 A smarter way to store data could cut computing's energy bill Edinburgh physicists show that carefully shaped magnetic pulses could bring memory chips much closer to the lowest energy cost allowed by physics. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
News Jul 9, 2025 New NPU technology boosts AI performance A breakthrough in low-power, high-efficiency neural processing for generative AI clouds. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
Mindbytes May 26, 2026 AI-Powered Spectrometer Built on Silicon Chip Scientists built an AI-powered spectrometer smaller than a grain of sand, replacing bulky optical hardware with neural networks to analyze light and chemical signatures on a tiny silicon chip. gizmo guru 1 min read
News Oct 1, 2025 New device mimics brain's adaptability for better AI Researchers create a semiconductor that copies how brain cells adjust to repeated signals, improving energy use and reliability in artificial intelligence systems. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
News Sep 24, 2025 New transistor technology overcomes size limits Researchers at TU Wien create a silicon-germanium transistor by doping the oxide layer, leading to smaller, faster devices that save energy and suit quantum chips. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
News Aug 27, 2025 Wrinkles control electron spin in thin materials Scientists find that small bends in flat materials can keep electron spins stable, leading to smaller and more efficient devices for future computing. Giulio Prisco 2 min read