90%: SciLink analyzes radiation damage to chips in hours instead of weeks
PNNL researchers used AI agents to study chip materials meant for space and nuclear sites.
Scientists used smart programs to check chips exposed to space-like radiation. They finished in hours what usually takes weeks. It is still research, with no product yet.
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Why it matters
Faster chip testing could later make it easier to build electronics for space and reactors.
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The details
- PNNL researchers presented the work at an American Chemical Society regional meeting in Boise.
- An ion beam reproduced in hours the damage space causes over years.
- They studied gallium nitride and aluminum gallium nitride layers, used in satellites and radar.
- The multi-agent SciLink system analyzed results in hours instead of days or weeks.
- It was 90% confident ions dominated the damage and 60% confident for protons; humans checked the output.
- The work is at research stage, with no date for use in a product.
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