Why Congress Just Joined the Semiconductor Arms Race
Matt Stieb | New York Magazine
MIT professor Jesús del Alamo explains about how semiconductors work and why the CHIPS Act could impact our lives in the coming decade.
The US Throws $52 Billion at Chips—but Needs to Spend It Wisely
Will Knight | Wired
The CHIPS and Science Act wants to jump-start the domestic semiconductor industry, starting with manufacturing.
New Hardware Offers Faster Computation for Artificial Intelligence, with Much Less Energy
Adam Zewe | MIT News Office
Engineers working on “analog deep learning” have found a way to propel protons through solids at unprecedented speeds.
Major Semiconductor Support Bill Passes First Hurdle
Ira Flatow | NPR's Science Friday
Prof. Jesús del Alamo speaks with Ira Flatow of NPR’s Science Friday about the importance of the CHIP Act and the pressing need to invest in semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S.
A Programming Language for Hardware Accelerators
Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL
Researchers created Exo, which helps performance engineers transform simple programs that specify what they want to compute into very complex programs that do the same thing as the specification, only much, much faster.
MTL Mini Technical Symposium
Saturday, July 20, 2022 | 9:00am - 12:15pm ET
Multiple Speakers
Quantum Sensor Can Detect Electromagnetic Signals of any Frequency
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office
MIT engineers expand the capabilities of ultrasensitive nanoscale detectors, with potential uses for quantum computing and biological sensing.
Stronger Security for Smart Devices
Adam Zewe | MIT News Office
MIT Researchers demonstrate two security methods that efficiently protect analog-to-digital converters from powerful attacks that aim to steal user data.
Beneq Transform—Versatile, Automated ALD Solution for High-throughput Semiconductor Production
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 | 10am – 11am ET
Speaker: Patrick Rabinzohn, Product Strategy and Business Development, Executive Semiconductor ALD, Beneq
Vaikuntanathan Wins Godel Prize for Homomorphic Encryption Research
Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL News
Vinod Vaikuntanathan, alongside collaborators, has been awarded the Godel prize for transformative contributions on homomorphic encryption.