A new technique could solve one of the biggest challenges in making future computer chips from ultrathin materials.

The computer chips inside our phones, laptops and other electronic devices contain billions of tiny switches called transistors. These transistors are usually made from silicon, the material that has ...

TOKYO—Atsuyoshi Koike dreams of making computer chips on the moon. First, though, he has to prove he can do it on earth. Koike is the public face of Japan’s multibillion-dollar effort to muscle back ...

A simple surface coating could make it easier to reliably make parts of next-generation computer chips using silicon and a ...

As artificial intelligence platforms like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot go mainstream, power bills from their usage are exploding. In response, researchers are racing to build hardware that ...

Current copper wiring in computer chips struggles to carry electricity efficiently as circuits shrink to the nanoscale, leading to a process that generates heat and limits performance. These materials ...

Putting the silicon membranes on the receiving wafer. (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) In recent years, computer chip performance has bumped up against the physical limitations of the space ...

President Donald Trump’s ambiguous plans for 100% tariffs on computer chips that aren’t made in the U.S. are stoking ...