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'Inexact’ chip offers improved efficiency

Researchers have unveiled an 'inexact' computer chip that is said to be 15x more efficient than current technology in terms of speed, size and accuracy.

The prototype device, developed by a team from Rice University in the US, Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, Switzerland's Center for Electronics and Microtechnology and the University of California, Berkeley, is designed to improve power and resource efficiency by allowing for occasional errors. ... Read More

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Epson has launched a new display controller ic reference design to support the development of products with small and medium sized lcd panels. Read More

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Mouser, TDK-Lambda deal 14/05/2012

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Samsung Electronics and Qualcomm have joined forces with five other technology firms to form the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP). Read More

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