Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Taking it to another dimension. |
| Source: |
Economist. 3/12/2016, Vol. 418 Issue 8980, Special section p8-10. 3p. |
| Subjects: |
Integrated circuit design, Integrated circuits, Transistors, Mitchell, Sean, Movidius Inc., Computer vision, Burger, Doug, Microsoft Corp. |
| Abstract: |
The article discusses ways on how to make the most of existing computer chips and transistors, focusing on the approaches of chipmakers to make the chips work faster. It features Sean Mitchell, co-founder of the firm, Movidius, which designs chips for use in computer vision. Computer chip expert Doug Burger of technology firm Microsoft Corp. discusses the company's venture into the chip-design business and its Catapult device that uses a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). |
| Database: |
Engineering Source |
