Micrometre-scale sensors embedded in chips enable ultrafast, real-time monitoring of processor temperatures to improve thermal management in advanced electronics.

The semiconductor chips driving modern-day computer processors are covered in billions of individual transistors, each of which can overheat under stress, causing steep drops in performance. To ...

Utilizing 2D materials, the team developed their sensors to be so compact that thousands can be implemented on a single chip. An example of this is shown on the computer monitor, where a chip placed ...