Scientists speed up development of radiation-resistant microchips for satellites, nuclear reactors

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by Phys.org / ScienceDaily (tech) at 28 Oct, 00:00 UTC

Today's sophisticated microchips are a wonder, designed by engineers squeezing ever more detail onto ever-smaller chips, then built in ultraclean billion-dollar fabrication facilities. Just one speck of dust or an errant signal from a device like a cell phone can spell ruin.