Semiconductor Engineering

Research Bits: Nov. 26

Hydrogel NAND gate; long-distance remote epitaxy; PAM-8 receiver.
Hackaday

Unusual Circuits In The Intel 386’s Standard Cell Logic

Intel’s 386 CPU is notable for being its first x86 CPU to use so-called standard cell logic, which swapped the taping out of ...

From light to logic: First complete logic gate achieved in soft material using light alone

Researchers from McMaster University and the University of Pittsburgh have created the first functionally complete logic gate ...
EDN

Using isolated ADCs and an XNOR logic gate as a multiplier to measure active power

Multiplying two analog signals involves the use of analog multipliers, usually implemented by using log and antilog circuit blocks or the Gilbert cell. Today, the most common technique used to ...
Frontiers

Brain-like hardware, do we need it?

1 CIMAINA and Dipartimento di Fisica “A. Pontremoli”, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy 2 Dipartimento di Scienze e Politiche Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy ...
Design News

What Should We Do With the Inputs to Unused Logic Gates & Functions? (Part 1)

I fear the topic of this column is poised to unleash a tsunami of controversy. My engineering accomplice Joe Farr says that this is one of those topics that, when presented to 10 different engineers, ...
Science Daily

Could smart guide RNAs usher in an era of personalized medicine?

Scientists utilize logic gate-based decision-making to construct circuits that control genes. Guides typically assist tourists with directions, but the experience could be greatly enhanced if they ...