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IBM aims to salvage silicon for solar industry

October 30, 2007 Erase those old circuits and you've got some silicon for solar panels. Big Blue hopes the technique will take off with chipmakers.Photos: Reclaiming silicon with water TAGS: wafer, silicon, silicon wafer, Texas Instruments Inc., IBM Corp., technique, chip company

IBM prints with molecules

September 11, 2007 Researchers have devised a way to print patterns with molecules, precisely arranging particles on a template that can be used like a rubber stamp. TAGS: particle, molecule, nanometer, silicon, technique, IBM Corp., nanotechnology, template, pattern, researcher, scientist

IBM doubles speed of silicon germanium chips

August 5, 2005 New generation of processors can help cell phone operators handle higher bandwidth speeds. TAGS: silicon, IBM Corp., generation, radar, GPS, cell phone

IBM slows light, readies it for networking

November 2, 2005 Light's fast, but if it can be slowed down, it can be used inside computers to cut down on energy, Big Blue says. TAGS: silicon, silicon chip, IBM Corp., laser, component, researcher, networking, Intel

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

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

Big Blue gives 90-nano boost to PowerPCs

February 13, 2004 IBM plans to announce that it has started mass-producing the chips using the new 90-nanometer process, which promises to improve speed and energy efficiency. TAGS: Silicon-on-Insulator, IBM PowerPC, silicon, IBM Corp., layer, transistor, power consumption, manufacturing, chief technology officer, process, Intel, server

Microsoft moves into chip world with Xbox

November 10, 2003 The software giant will more actively participate in the creation of the chips that go inside the next version of its Xbox gaming console. TAGS: Silicon Integrated Systems, silicon, Microsoft Xbox, semiconductor, game console, console, IBM Corp., manufacturing, chip company, intellectual property, Microsoft Corp., ATI Technologies, chipset, games, PC

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, AMD, Silicon-on-Insulator, power consumption, silicon, Semiconductor Manufacturing, manufacturing, semiconductor, AMD Opteron, IBM Corp., technique, conference, Intel, process

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: silicon, AMD, transistor, manufacturing, process, Intel, notebook computer, IBM Corp., server

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

Deal brings optical connections to Sun supercomputer

November 14, 2005 Use of Luxtera's links in radical redesign for supercomputer is a step toward blending silicon and optical technology. Photos: Supercomputers at SC05 TAGS: supercomputer, optical technology, optical network, Sun Microsystems Inc., silicon, fiber-optics, IBM Corp., connection, link, California

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.

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.

Sun caches in with processor plans

February 12, 2004 Barely done boasting that its newly announced UltraSparc IV processor nearly doubles server performance, the company hints that the chip's successor will do the same again. TAGS: Sun UltraSPARC, Sun UltraSPARC IV, thread, cache memory, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC IIIi, SCO Group Inc., Sun UltraSPARC III, multi-threading, silicon, AMD Opteron, Scott McNealy, dual-core, Intel, AMD, IBM Corp.
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