Author: JOHN MARKOFF

The finding may be the key to once again increasing the speed of computer processors, which has been stalled for the last decade.

A consortium of which the company is a part has made working versions of ultradense seven-nanometer chips, capable of holding much more information than existing chips.

Scientists have learned how to construct materials that bend waves of light, sound and seismic energy, and are working on applications that may transform industries.