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IBM calculates the force it takes to move atoms

February 21, 2008 IBM has figured out how much force it takes to move atoms. Next, it will try to build things with those atoms. TAGS: microscope, transistor, probe, IBM Corp., force, scientist, hard drive

Trying to put new zip into Moore's Law

February 24, 2008 If innovation has a heart, it's probably a semiconductor, beating to the pace of Moore's Law.The New York Times TAGS: transistor, Gordon Moore, semiconductor, nanotechnology, IBM Corp., heart, innovation, manufacturing, technique

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., technique, researcher, Intel

IBM researchers claim nanotube first

March 23, 2006 An integrated circuit created from a carbon nanotube could lead to greater commercial uses for the technology. TAGS: nanotube, integrated circuit, transistor, circuit, IBM Corp., researcher, scientist

IBM combo technique tweaks transistors

September 9, 2003 Researchers at Big Blue manage to combine strained silicon and a silicon insulator in the same wafer, a new approach that could lead to faster, more efficient chips in a few years. TAGS: transistor, silicon, wafer, layer, IBM Corp., manufacturing, researcher, technique, AMD Opteron, approach, Intel

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 gives chips a cooling rinse

October 26, 2006 Researchers develop a system that squirts water over the surface of a processor to cool it--which could promise benefits for server farms. TAGS: Zurich, server farm, transistor, microprocessor, IBM Corp., channel, semiconductor, researcher, server

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., relationship, chip company, 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

IBM shows off low-power chip technique

September 30, 2003 Big Blue announces a design that it says paves the way for cell phone chips that use only one-fifth as much power as today's processors. TAGS: Silicon-on-Insulator, cell phone chip, IBM Corp., transistor, technique, semiconductor, power, cell phone, design, 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

IBM says chip woes easing

May 12, 2004 Big Blue says the rate of defects it's seeing with a new chip manufacturing process is declining but that it is still not getting the output it would like. TAGS: IBM Corp., conference call, Apple Computer, transistor, semiconductor, manufacturing, server

Sam Palmisano's technology forecast

March 28, 2006 Behind the Blue Curtain, company researchers present IBM's chief with their predictions for major tech trends. TAGS: Palmisano, IBM Corp., sensor, transistor, researcher

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

Intel to detail dual-core Itanium at conference

February 7, 2005 Montecito is faster, but cooler, says Intel. Firm will deliver paper at International Solid State Circuits Conference this week. TAGS: Montecito, transistor, Intel Itanium, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Intel, conference, nanotechnology, IBM Corp., dual-core

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, metal, AMD, semiconductor, AMD Athlon, Intel, chip company, IBM Corp.

Bright ideas, big wait on tech payback

March 22, 2005 In retrospect, what could be more lucrative than the transistor, the Net and DOS? Hindsight's a hard lesson for some inventors. Images: Owners don't always cash in TAGS: transistor, AT&T Bell Laboratories, invention, AT&T Corp., patent, venture capital, IBM Corp., scientist, project, idea

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., high-performance, clock speed, Intel, Toshiba, manufacturing, AMD, Sony Corp., conference, server

Why chip speed is old news

June 8, 2004 Bernie Meyerson, the research head at IBM's semiconductor group, says a fundamental shift in the landscape of technology is under way. TAGS: transaction processing, IBM Corp., power consumption, transistor, shift, software development, semiconductor, rate
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