• On TechRepublic: Do IT pros eat more?
advertisement
Content from CNET tagged with

AMD [x] , IBM Corp. [x] , transistor [x]

News Stories

Showing 1-14 of 14 results found

AMD joins transistor trend

September 10, 2002 Like Intel and IBM, Advanced Micro Devices says it's working on multiple-gate transistors, in a bid to boost chip performance. TAGS: transistor, AMD, chip company, semiconductor, IBM Corp., researcher, technique, Intel

AMD, IBM tighten ties

August 15, 2005 Companies will continue their alliance through 2011 and expand it to include the development of new transistors, among other tech. TAGS: AMD, transistor, alliance, IBM Corp., chip company, relationship, technique

IBM, AMD claim a better way to strain silicon

December 13, 2004 Chip performance is being improved by pulling silicon atoms apart, and in some cases pushing them closer together. TAGS: transistor, silicon, AMD, DSL, IBM Corp., Intel, technique

AMD sneaks strained silicon into chips

August 19, 2004 The design twist will let the company increase the performance of its processors. TAGS: silicon, AMD, transistor, electron, semiconductor, representative, Intel, IBM Corp., researcher

Chip companies entering their metal period

January 27, 2007 Intel, IBM and AMD plan to unveil chips built using new materials, marking a historic shift away from traditional transistor ingredients.Intel shows off Penryn chips TAGS: transistor, silicon, AMD, material, gate, chip company, Intel, IBM Corp., manufacturing

IBM, AMD further cut chip power consumption

December 6, 2005 At Washington conference next week, companies will outline strategies for enhancing processor performance. TAGS: transistor, power consumption, Silicon-on-Insulator, AMD, silicon, Semiconductor Manufacturing, semiconductor, manufacturing, AMD Opteron, technique, IBM Corp., conference, process, Intel

More memory coming to future IBM chips

February 14, 2007 Big Blue comes up with a way to cram more memory directly onto its processors, boosting performance starting in 2008. TAGS: cache memory, DRAM, SRAM, IBM Corp., transistor, AMD, memory, CPU, Intel

AMD launches its 65-nanometer chips

December 5, 2006 Chips consume 30 percent less energy than same ones produced on 90-nanometer process when running at same speed. TAGS: AMD, transistor, silicon, manufacturing, Intel, process, notebook computer, IBM Corp., server

Intel mulls metal over silicon for new chips

November 5, 2003 The chipmaker is looking at revamping two fundamental elements of its transistors--the transistor gate and the gate dielectric--to improve its chips' speed and performance. TAGS: transistor, gate, Silicon-on-Insulator, silicon, semiconductor, metal, AMD, Intel, AMD Athlon, chip company, IBM Corp.

Year in review: Chipping away

January 7, 2004 The year represented a mixed bag for processor manufacturers as sales climbed, but so did costs. TAGS: processor company, transistor, AMD, AMD Athlon 64, AMD Opteron, HyperTransport, Intel Itanium, 64-bit, supercomputer, Texas Instruments Inc., AMD Athlon, Intel, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., chip company, Intel Pentium

AMD's dual-core performance boost

October 5, 2004 Although about the same size, the forthcoming dual-core Opteron will be up to 55 percent faster than today's single-core chips, AMD says. TAGS: AMD Opteron, dual-core, AMD, circuitry, transistor, dual-core processor, x86 server, workstation, manufacturing, Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel, server, size, HP, IBM Corp.

A fab construction job

January 22, 2003 When IBM wanted to start making tiny chips on 300-millimeter wafers, the first thing it had to do was raise the roof on an existing facility--all 4 million pounds of it. TAGS: wafer, fab, roof, facility, semiconductor maker, transistor, AMD, IBM Corp., equipment, semiconductor, New York, server

A peek at faster Power6, Cell chips

December 29, 2006 At a chip show, IBM to tout 5GHz-topping Power6 and next-gen 6GHz Cell. Intel to detail a 4GHz, 80-core prototype. TAGS: transistor, IBM Corp., clock speed, high-performance, Intel, Toshiba, manufacturing, Sony Corp., AMD, conference, server

New life for Moore's Law

April 19, 2005 Emerging technologies could extend the life of the famous principle whose demise has been predicted repeatedly. TAGS: Gordon Moore, lithography, electron, transistor, silicon, Intel, material, scientist, technique, HP, AMD, IBM Corp.
Sponsored matches for "transistor"