2010 World Nuclear Generation was 2630 TWH – I officially won my three uranium and nuclear 2010 bets

Global production of uranium increased 6% in 2010, compared with the previous year, according to the World Nuclear Association (WNA). Kazakhstan maintained its position as the leading uranium producing country. Figures compiled by WNA show that worldwide uranium production grew from 50,772 tonnes in 2009 to 53,663 tonnes in 2010, the highest level since the …

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Wimax and 4G Projected to Reach 1.6 Billion Users by the End of 2012

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software ABI Research projects that WiMAX wireless communications will reach more than 1 billion people by the end of 2012, and that LTE will cover another 600 million by that time, marking a fast ramp up of the two technologies that fall into the “4G” category * …

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Will Skip 22 nanometer node and go Directly to 20 nanometer in 2013

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News &nbsp  Computer Software EEtimes reports, at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s technology conference, the world’s largest silicon foundry provided details about its 20-nm strategy and its 20-nm CMOS process, which will be the company’s main technology platform after the 28-nm node. TSMC will also not offer an 18-nm process * …

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Plasmonic lithography : potential for 5 nanometer features

Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, are reporting a new way of creating computer chips that could enable commercial speed 5 nanometer optical lithography. It can also mean higher density hard drives and optical disks with 20 times the density of Blu-ray. The 5 page research paper: Flying plasmonic lens in the near field …

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