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Mentor Sets an ‘Industry Record’ with Calibre Physical Verification

Calibre physical verification has 'set an industry record' in software scalability by scaling out to over 4,000 CPUs on 5nm test chips.

June 7, 2019 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Mentor, a Siemens business, announces that their Calibre physical verification suite has achieved a new standard for electronic design automation software scalability on the Microsoft Azure cloud during scaling experiments on 5nm test chips and a full reticle-sized 7nm production design. Mentor reports that the Calibre physical verification suite deployments were able to scale out to […]

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Are Silicon Computer Chips a Thing of the Past? Maybe, if Molybdenum Disulfide Transistors Take Over

Will molybdenum disulfide transistors surpass silicon as the preferred material to form computer chips? Researchers reveal its properties.

June 5, 2019 Adam Forziati Leave a Comment

What if computers could perform simple logic with half the transistors, switch between different operations using light,  and store the output of the operation in the device itself? A new paper by researchers in Shanghai aims to answer that with molybdenum disulfide transistors, says this report from Ars Technica. “With the development of carbon nanotubes and graphene, […]

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San Francisco Bans Facial Recognition

The tech-friendly city made clear in mid-May that its positive relationship with technology does not supercede its desire to resist the slippery slope into a police state.

June 4, 2019 Sam Harton Leave a Comment

The tech-friendly city made clear in mid-May that its positive relationship with technology does not supercede its desire to resist the slippery slope into a police state.

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Can This Glass Battery Really Store MORE Energy As It Ages?

Glass battery developed by respected research lab is supposedly capable of storing more energy over time, despite theoretical claims to the contrary.

June 4, 2019 TD Staff Leave a Comment

There’s always one stat that electronics consumers want to know about: battery life. But what if that became less of a concern as the device aged? It could, if the claims surrounding a glass battery prototype are true. According to this article from IEEE Spectrum, team of researchers claim they have created a battery that […]

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Facebook Approaches Robot Learning a Little Differently

While many labs use reinforcement learning to help its robots reach their goals, Facebook aims to accomplish more long-term tasks like creating a robot that thinks creatively and flexibly.

June 3, 2019 Sam Harton Leave a Comment

While many labs use reinforcement learning to help its robots reach their goals, Facebook aims to accomplish more long-term tasks like creating a robot that thinks creatively and flexibly.

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