Most lab testing quietly inflates 2D transistor performance, research reveals

For nearly two decades, two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors have been studied as a complement or possible successor to silicon transistors, promising smaller, faster and more energy-efficient ...
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The uncomfortable truth behind the hype around 2D semiconductor performance

For almost two decades, scientists have been trying to move beyond silicon, the material ...

Here's How To Tell If A CR2032 Battery Is Bad

Found in Apple AirTags, the CR2032 button cell battery, also known as a coin battery, is actually surprisingly easy to test ...
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Tiny thermometers offer on-chip temperature monitoring for processors

The semiconductor chips driving modern-day computer processors are covered in billions of individual transistors, each of ...
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Research Bits: Mar. 3

The ‘Tapping Mode SQUID-on-Tip’ (TM-SOT) microscope enables multimodal imaging to be performed extremely close to the sample surface using tapping mode feedback. This allows for stability during ...
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Across The Vast Reaches Of The 3D Stack: Mastering ESD Verification In Advanced Semiconductor Design

In the vast reaches of the semiconductor cosmos, a silent menace lurks—one that can obliterate years of design work in a fraction of a nanosecond. Electrostatic discharge (ESD) verification stands as ...