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Cisco to replace sparky UCS blade 
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Cisco to replace sparky UCS blade
By Liam Tung | Feb 8, 2012 | Comment Now 
After firmware update comes modified hardware.
 
Researchers boast first programmable 'nanoprocessor' 
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Researchers boast first programmable 'nanoprocessor'
By Liz Tay | Feb 10, 2011 | Comment Now 
Nanowire transistors perform logical functions.
 
Graphene amplifiers to increase wireless chip efficiency 
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Graphene amplifiers to increase wireless chip efficiency
By Liz Tay | Oct 21, 2010 | Comment Now 
Triple-mode transistors built from one-atom-thick carbon.
 
Graphene ‘nanobubbles’ could improve switches, sensors 
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Graphene ‘nanobubbles’ could improve switches, sensors
By Liz Tay | Jul 30, 2010 | Comment Now 
Potential silicon replacement exhibits ‘bizarre’ properties when strained.
 
Light-emitting particles to support new form of computing 
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Light-emitting particles to support new form of computing
Jun 20, 2008 | Comment Now 
U.S. physicists are using particles called excitons to develop transistors that could be better suited to fast communication.
 
GaN transistors to replace silicon in 'extreme' devices 
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GaN transistors to replace silicon in 'extreme' devices
By Liz Tay | May 27, 2008 | Comment Now 
A chemical compound known as gallium nitrade (GaN) could replace silicon for high-power and high-temperature electronics.
 
Boffins build world's smallest transistor 
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Boffins build world's smallest transistor
Apr 22, 2008 | Comment Now 
Researchers at the University of Manchester claim to have created the world's smallest transistor from graphene, measuring just one atom thick and 10 atoms wide..
 
IT giants celebrate birth of the transistor 
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IT giants celebrate birth of the transistor
By Shaun Nichols | Dec 19, 2007 | Comment Now 
The transistor will officially turn 60 next week, and the world's largest technology firms are pausing to celebrate an invention which many credit as the creator of Silicon ...
 
Scientists show off world's fastest transistor 
Hardware
Scientists show off world's fastest transistor
By Robert Jaques | Dec 14, 2006 | Comment Now 
Device brings 'holy grail' of terahertz computing closer.
 
Boffins go ballistic over next-gen transistor design 
Hardware
Boffins go ballistic over next-gen transistor design
By Robert Jaques | Aug 22, 2006 | Comment Now 
'Radical' computing chip bounces electrons around.
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