With a new electron microscope from IBM and Nion, semiconductor researchers can not only examine individual atoms, they can also look at the spaces between them. The two companies have created an ...

In a truly futuristic feat, researchers from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, have built a 3D-printed microscope in under three hours, costing a total of around $60 / £50 / AU$95 – ...

Cache prefetching is what allows processors to have data and/or instructions ready for use in a fast local cache rather than having to wait for a fetch request to trickle through to system RAM and ...

Apple wasn't shy in boasting about the new microprocessor it designed for the iPhone 5, though didn't say too much about how the chip achieved the stated improvements. Some analysts think they've ...