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Showing 1-15 of 15 results foundMove over silicon, there's new transistor material in town
December 8, 2006 MIT, among others, is working with new composite materials it hopes will be able to reliably outpace the conducting speed of silicon.Intel aims for faster, cooler transistors
December 6, 2005 Indium antimonide doesn't exactly have a ring to it, but the compound could help chipmakers advance in the next decade.AMD sneaks strained silicon into chips
August 19, 2004 The design twist will let the company increase the performance of its processors.Intel sketches out nanotechnology road map
October 25, 2004 The firm is planning new ways to increase chip speed. Could "spintronics" replace silicon-based technology?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.Intel to throttle power by enhancing silicon
August 30, 2004 Power consumption continues to climb, so Intel will reach into the bag of tricks to keep Moore's Law going.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 chipsIBM 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.Moore says nanoelectronics face tough challenges
March 10, 2005 Forty years ago, the Intel co-founder coined Moore's Law. He never thought it would last this long, either.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.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.AMD explores triple-gate transistors
September 18, 2003 The chipmaker unveils an experimental transistor with three gates, in a continued effort to find ways to increase performance while conserving electricity.IBM, AMD further cut chip power consumption
December 6, 2005 At Washington conference next week, companies will outline strategies for enhancing processor performance.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.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.
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