Tag: transistor

UC grant will help commercialize nanolaser for faster computer chips

October 8, 2012:

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.

Radical new Intel transistor based on UC Berkeley’s FinFET

May 24, 2011:

In early May, Intel announced a radical new transistor design: a 3D device that will enable the production of integrated-circuit chips that operate faster with less power. The breakthrough has its roots in research begun in 1997 by a team led by Berkeley electrical engineers Chenming Hu, Jeff Bokor and Tsu-Jae King Liu.