How to predict the progress of technology
MIT researcher finds Moore’s Law and Wright’s Law best predict how technology improves.
Storing data in individual molecules
An international team of researchers demonstrates the possibility of molecular memory near room temperature.
Tiny compound semiconductor transistor could challenge silicon’s dominance
MIT researchers develop the smallest indium gallium arsenide transistor ever built.
Straining forward
Nanowires made of ‘strained silicon’ — silicon whose atoms have been pried slightly apart — show how to keep increases in computer power coming.
Life after silicon
Researchers in MIT’s Microsystems Technology Laboratories are making the case for using exotic materials to help microchips keep improving.