With microchip real estate at a premium, engineers look for a wireless solution
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - 12:03
in Physics & Chemistry
"Location, location, location": That age-old key to successful real estate investing has also been the driving mantra in microchip architecture. But with space on the tiny silicon chips at a premium, as demand for faster, smaller technology increases, engineers at Drexel University could be adding "bandwidth" and "frequency" to the chip design paradigm by adding wireless antennas to the chips.