When it comes to developing faster computers, Intel has seen the light. The chipmaker recently launched a new effort inside its Microprocessor Research Lab aimed at examining a move from using ...

“Slim as a hair, powerful as 100 LEDs”: the advantages of this technology have the allure of a slogan. “Currently, half the consumption of energy in laptops is connected to the screen and particularly ...

Many Ars readers love to argue the details of different computer architectures. Cache implementations, pipelines, and other minutiae are all put under the microscope and declared wanting by someone ...

A consortium of research universities that is creating an $80-million fiber-optic computer network announced on Wednesday that it had added six members, enough to extend the network to most portions ...

The brain's inner network becomes increasingly more efficient as humans mature. Now, for the first time without invasive measures, a new study has verified these gains with a powerful new computer ...

A consortium of research universities that is creating an $80-million fiber-optic computer network announced last week that it has added six members, enough to extend the network to most portions of ...

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Fiber-optic communication is at the core of contemporary high-tech and will remain so in the future. When a student completes this course, he/she should be able to: Understand the ...

It seems graphene, the single layer of carbon atoms that can supercharge computer chips, optical circuits, lithium-ion batteries, and solar power generation, might have a competitor: a rare earth ...

A new light control system created at CU Boulder could increase the capacity for fiber optic technologies, enable thinner medical endoscopes and allow for stronger industrial lasers. Many current ...

One of mankind`s oldest manufactured items is fueling a revolution in one of the newest technologies, telecommunications. Glass, spun into fine threads and woven into fiber-optic cables, is powering ...