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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' 
By Liz Tay | Feb 10, 2011 | Comment Now 
Nanowire transistors perform logical functions.
 
Graphene amplifiers to increase wireless chip efficiency 
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Light-emitting particles to support new form of computing 
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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 
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 
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 
By Robert Jaques | Dec 14, 2006 | Comment Now 
Device brings 'holy grail' of terahertz computing closer.
 
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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