Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have unlocked a hidden power within silicon, the backbone of modern electronics. Their findings could transform how future devices are built, ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Institute of Science Tokyo, University of Tsukuba, and Quemix Corporation announced today that they have achieved the world’s first elucidation ...

Researchers in the UC Santa Barbara Materials Department have uncovered the elusive quantum mechanism by which energetic electrons break chemical bonds inside microelectronic devices—a detrimental ...

Physicists found why holes move slower than electrons in silicon: not defects, but higher intrinsic mass, supporting CMOS-based quantum, cryogenic, and space devices. The finding shows the difference ...

New research shows that individual high-energy electrons can trigger semiconductor degradation, challenging long-held ...

Advanced Micro Devices has begun to incorporate a form of strained silicon into its chips, a design twist that will let the company increase the performance of its processors. The strained silicon is ...

Associate Professor Yuichiro Matsushita of Materials and Structures Laboratory, Institute of Science Tokyo, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Associate Professor Takahide Umeda of Institute of Pure and ...

Researchers in the UC Santa Barbara Materials Department have uncovered the elusive quantum mechanism by which energetic electrons break chemical bonds inside microelectronic devices — a detrimental ...