Remove Connect Remove Powered Remove Store Remove Taiwan
article thumbnail

Nanostructures Bring Gains for Phase Change Memory

Cars That Think

Engineers in the United States and Taiwan say they have demonstrated a promising new twist on nonvolatile memory that’s small enough, miserly when it comes to energy, and works at low enough voltage that it could boost the abilities of future processors. Yet it’s slower than DRAM, a computer’s main memory, which is volatile. picojoules.

Taiwan 80
article thumbnail

Ford unveils new 2015 Focus four-door sedan; 1.0L EcoBoost with start/stop comes to US model

Green Car Congress

These include a new shock absorber valve design providing improved interior quietness, and a change to the rear suspension to give drivers a more connected feel to the road. The electric power-assisted steering has been retuned to make the driver feel even more connected to the road. Enhanced SYNC AppLink.

2015 236
article thumbnail

Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

The gadget, roughly the size of a pack of chewing gum, held 8 megabytes of data and required no external power source, drawing power directly from a computer when connected. Good-bye, floppy disk Before the invention of the thumb drive, computer users stored and transported their files using floppy disks. MB of data.

Singapore 144
article thumbnail

How Purdue University Commercializes Its Research

Cars That Think

Over the past several years, his research has included collecting and analyzing data from networked cameras in department stores, optimizing how they place their products, and assessing COVID-19 lockdown compliance based on multinational camera data. I still do research, of course," Lu notes. "In

article thumbnail

New “2-in-1” EV unit integrates traction motor and A/C compressor for increased range in hot climates

Green Car Congress

The design allows the electric motor to be more efficient in powering the car’s wheels, while its integrated compressor uses less power due to synergy between the engine and the compressor, which can also draw on energy regenerated directly from the car’s brakes. Design concept of the integrated A/C compressor-traction motor unit.

Motor 326
article thumbnail

3 Ways 3D Chip Tech Is Upending Computing

Cars That Think

In CPUs, these links have mostly been so-called 2.5D, where the chiplets are set beside each other and connected using short, dense interconnects. But to sling truly huge volumes of data around as if it were all on the same chip, you need even shorter and denser connections, and that can be done only by stacking one chip atop another.

Connect 121
article thumbnail

Inside the Global Race to Tap Potent Offshore Wind

Cars That Think

The prototype at the FloWave facility —one of 10 new floating wind-power designs being tested here—is progressing fast, says Tom Davey , who oversees testing. There’s good reason for this hustle: The United Kingdom wants to add 34 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030, en route to decarbonizing its grid by 2035.

Wind 117