Garcia-Sciveres and Ramesh (IMAGE) DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Caption Berkeley Lab scientists Maurice Garcia-Sciveres (left) and Ramamoorthy Ramesh are designing new microchips that could perform better – and require less energy – than silicon. Credit Berkeley Lab Usage Restrictions Credit Berkeley Lab License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.