http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Wed, 22 May 2013 23:00:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://research.universityofcalifornia.edu/stories/2012/09/proof-concept.html http://research.universityofcalifornia.edu/stories/2012/09/proof-concept.html#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:53:09 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33173 Thanks to a new Proof of Concept grant from the University of California, Berkeley mechanical engineer Xiang Zhang will be able to build a prototype of his innovative "plasmon nanolaser," faciitating the process of turning a lab-bench invention into a commercially viable technology for improving computer chip speed for use in high-volume data communications.]]> http://research.universityofcalifornia.edu/stories/2012/09/proof-concept.html/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/07/01/magnetic-memory-and-logic-could-achieve-ultimate-energy-efficiency/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/07/01/magnetic-memory-and-logic-could-achieve-ultimate-energy-efficiency/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:13:06 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=13739 Information theory dictates that a logical operation in a computer must consume a minimum amount of energy. Today’s computers consume a million times more energy per operation than this limit, but magnetic computers with no moving electrons could theoretically operate at the minimum energy, called the Landauer limit, according to UC Berkeley electrical engineers.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/07/01/magnetic-memory-and-logic-could-achieve-ultimate-energy-efficiency/feed/ 0