MIT engineers build advanced microprocessor out of carbon nanotubes

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https://www.electronics-lab.com/mit-engineers-build-advanced-microprocessor-carbon-nanotubes/

New approach harnesses the same fabrication processes used for silicon chips, offers key advance toward next-generation computers. by Rob Matheson | MIT News Office After years of tackling numerous design and manufacturing challenges, MIT researchers have built a modern microprocessor from carbon nanotube transistors, which are widely seen as a faster, greener alternative to their […]

Solar Cells Made Obsolete – 3D rectennas aim at 40-to-90% efficiency

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https://www.electronics-lab.com/solar-cells-made-obsolete-3d-rectennas-aim-at-40-to-90-efficiency/

R. Colin Johnson @ eetimes.com: PORTLAND, Ore.–Now before you get all excited by the headline, which is not click-bait according to the researchers, a new kind of nanoscale rectenna (half antenna and half rectifier) can convert solar and infrared into electricity, plus be tuned to nearly any other frequency as a detector. The invention was made […]