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View the results of the 2015 Machine Design Engineering Salary Survey as we take a closer look at the numbers and offer insights into the typical engineer, the current workplace environment, the future of the industry, and other trends that affect...

Moore’s law may finally be in throes of slowing. As is well known, the law states that the amount of processors that can fit into a single microprocessor doubles approximately every two years. In recent years, though, it has been a challenge for ...

Element Six’s chemical-vapor-deposition (CVD) synthetic-diamond windows enable a range of optical applications such as high-power CO₂ lasers and extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography. CVD diamond has the highest thermal conductivity of any materi...

The high-speed silicon-germanium chip sits in a cryogenic station connected to several measurement probes.Electrical engineers at Georgia Institute of Technology have determined a transistor designed and built at IHP-Innovations for High Performa...