Computers with no need of cooling? They haven’t come into existence yet.
However, physicists of the University of Würzburg are paving the way for them: In the American scientific journal “Science”, the researchers now present a semiconductor that transmits electric current without heating up in the process.
This new type of semiconductor consists of mercury telluride and mercury cadmium telluride. In a sophisticated procedure, the Würzburg physicists apply these two materials to penny-sized crystal wafers in alternate ultra-thin layers. “The individual layers are only seven to ten nanometers thin,” says Professor Laurens Molenkamp. In other words, inconceivably fine: A nanometer is one millionth of a millimeter.
Tiny wire fabricated
In order to analyze the conductivity of the layered material, …
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At Just $399.99, the eMachines EZ1601-01 Makes All-in-One PCs More Affordable Than Ever Before
High-style no longer comes with a high price tag thanks to the new eMachines all-in-one PC. For just $399.99, the eMachines EZ1601-01 is a great addition to any room, addressing a family’s basic computing needs in an affordable, elegant space-saving design.
Sleek and stylish, the eMachines EZ Series fits perfectly in a kitchen or on a small desk in the family room. An ideal digital media hub, it can help mom and dad manage the household, keeping everybody up-to-date and in touch with convenient access to the Internet, online recipes, email, family calendars and address books.
Just as viable as an entertainment center, families …
Expanded Virtual Workplace Infrastructure Solution Integrated with Citrix Desktop and Server Virtualization Technology Reduces Complexity of VDI
Fujitsu Technology Solutions and Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTXS) today announced an OEM agreement that expands the relationship between the two companies to help customers reduce the cost and complexity of implementing a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) for enterprise customers. Under the terms of the agreement, Fujitsu will expand its portfolio of virtual workplace infrastructure solutions, a key part of its vision of providing customers with Dynamic Infrastructures. Fujitsu will integrate Citrix® XenDesktop™ with “high definition” HDX™ technology into its virtual workplace solutions, giving customers a rich, personalized virtual desktop experience for end users in any location. Fujitsu also …
AMD previews significant improvements to the digital media and gaming experience, commits to bring DirectX 11 to market first
AMD (NYSE: AMD) publicly demonstrated the world’s first Microsoft DirectX® 11 graphics processor. The series of demonstrations shed new light on the significantly improved computing experience set to debut at the end of 2009.1 The fusion of AMD’s new ground-breaking graphics processors with the forthcoming DirectX 11 programming interface is set to forever change both applications and PC gaming for the better. To illustrate, AMD showed numerous examples of faster application performance and new game features using the world’s first true DirectX 11 graphics processor.
Get ready for a revolution : Games and other applications are about to …
HP today announced the immediate integration of the highly anticipated Six-Core AMD Opteron™ 2400 Series processor into the award-winning family of HP Workstations.
Ideal for high-end workstation applications in fields such as engineering, 3-D digital content creation, oil and gas, and science, the HP xw9400 Workstation taps the power of the new AMD Opteron processors to deliver higher productivity, especially for multi-threaded applications, multi-tasking and mega-tasking environments.
With the built-in engineering advantages of HP’s highly tuned workstations, the HP xw9400 Workstation can accommodate up to two Six-Core AMD Opteron processors – for a total of 12 cores – each of which offers up to 34 percent more performance per watt(1) over the previous-generation quad-core processors.
“HP understands the …
NETGEAR’s New Advanced Smart Switches Deliver IP Network Convergence with Scalability and High-Performance for SMBs
NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR), a worldwide provider of technologically innovative, branded networking solutions, today announced two new ProSafe® Advanced Gigabit Smart Switches, the GS724TPS and GS748TPS. They are the industry’s first and only Gigabit Smart Switches designed for Small- to Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs) that combine Gigabit connectivity, Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) and stacking, all on the same platform, making them ideal for supporting converged networks.
More and more SMB customers are recognizing the benefits of converged networks that include wireless, VoIP and data, not only for cost-savings, but also for business efficiency and enhanced services. The GS7xxTPS series is designed to help SMBs …
