Katherine Bourzac
IEEE Spectrum
San Francisco, CA, United States
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Start-up Baraja Promises Cheap, Reliable Lidar for Self-Driving Cars
The Australian company hopes to sell lidar systems with no moving parts for a few hundred dollars → Read More
Chip Hall of Fame: Nvidia NV20
The first configurable graphics processor opened the door to a machine-learning revolution → Read More
Beyond Diversity Training: Break These Habits for a Better Workplace
Joan Williams gives companies and individuals practical tools to short-circuit discrimination → Read More
To Speed Up AI, Mix Memory and Processing
New computing architectures aim to extend artificial intelligence from the cloud to smartphones → Read More
Chipmakers Test Ferroelectrics as a Route to Ultralow-Power Chips
But doubts linger over ferroelectric transistors’ ability to jump from lab to fab → Read More
Imec Boosts Bluetooth Battery Life
Low-voltage circuit extends battery life by 50 percent → Read More
Accurate Navigation Without GPS
Circuit keeps up to 5.5-meter accuracy after 3 kilometers → Read More
Cobalt Could Untangle Chips’ Wiring Problems
Intel and GlobalFoundries are replacing some copper connections with the resilient, conductive metal → Read More
Flexible UV Imagers for Drones
2D materials give ultraviolet sensors and imagers a boost → Read More
Sony's Super Slo-Mo Cellphone Camera
How did it pack such a high-performance camera in palm-size device? → Read More
Tiny Quantum Computer Simulates Complex Molecules
With the demonstration, an IBM team brings us one step closer to the quantum chemistry revolution → Read More
AI in Space
NASA is partnering with machine learning researchers and computer companies on planetary defense and mapping the moon → Read More
3D Electronic Nose Demostrates Advantages of Carbon Nanotubes
A 3D stack of silicon logic, resistive RAM, nanotube circuits, and sensors uses new architecture and devices to save energy → Read More
Nanosheets: IBM’s Path to 5-Nanometer Transistors
IBM says their stacked nanosheet transistors will give circuit designers more flexibility → Read More
Nanosheets: IBM’s Path to 5-Nanometer Transistors
IBM says their stacked nanosheet transistors will give circuit designers more flexibility → Read More
Memristor Image Processor Uses Sparse Coding to See
Brain-inspired memristor circuit identifies images using much less power than a GPU → Read More
A Neuromorphic Chip that Makes Music
The prototype chip learns a style of music, then composes its own tunes. → Read More
A Neuromorphic Chip That Makes Music
The prototype chip learns a style of music, then composes its own tunes. → Read More
Has Intel Invented a Universal Memory Tech?
The mysterious XPoint memory in Intel’s new Optane solid-state drive is a step toward universal memory → Read More
Has Intel Invented a Universal Memory Tech?
The mysterious XPoint memory in Intel’s new Optane solid-state drive is a step toward universal memory → Read More