A new microchip contains 1000 independent programmable processors. The energy-efficient KiloCore chip has a maximum computation rate of 1.78 trillion instructions per second and contains 621 million transistors.
Scientists have only found two quasicrystals on Earth. These super rare crystal-like solids have supposedly impossible symmetries. New experiments could explain why they’re so rare: Collisions between asteroids may have caused them.
Pilots and safety officials worry about ice accumulating on the wings and tail of an aircraft flying during freezing rain. Abnormal ice buildup can disturb airflow to alter the physics of flight and lead to stalls, rolls, and high-velocity crashes.
Scientists in South Korea made ultra-thin photovoltaics flexible enough to wrap around the average pencil. The bendy solar cells could power wearable electronics like fitness trackers and smart glasses.
SEMI, San Jose, Calif., announces that 19 new fabs and lines are forecast to begin construction in 2016 and 2017, according to the latest update of the SEMI World Fab Forecast report.
