Innovative tool for producing computer chips uses giant, nearly perfect mirrors to make tiny transistors and circuits.

A team at the University of Florida has developed a new kind of computer chip that uses light with electricity to perform one of the most power-intensive parts of artificial intelligence—image ...

In this Eye on Patents column, we graphically explore the intellectual property created in support of computer chips and ...

AI chip signals a shift toward energy efficient computing by using unconventional hardware to process complex data tasks.

Scientists have developed an entirely new kind of microchip that uses microwaves instead of conventional digital circuitry to perform operations. The processor, which can perform faster than ...

A new semiconductor chip fabricates miniature lenses on the chip to perform calculations using light instead of electricity, greatly increasing the power efficiency and reducing the computational run ...