Around the globe, the McNaught comet brightened the skies. As it moves further from the sun and fades back into darkness, a lot of people are wondering when they’re going to see it again. Unfortunately, it is almost completely certain that they won’t.
Hafnium Set to Herald New Era in Chip Technology
[Article] How many transistors can you fit on a human hair? Intel announced that they’ve made a major breakthrough in their chip manufacturing technology earlier this week. The news had investors and technology enthusiasts ecstatic, as this is the first major advance since the launch of silicon-based transistors four decades ago.
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At the center of the excitement is hafnium, a new metal alloy set to replace silicon as the major building block in microchip technology. Technological advances have seen the number of components on a single microchip double each year and researchers recently expressed their concern that silicon-based...
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