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Silicon vs. CIGS: With solar energy, the issue is material

October 2, 2006 What should solar panels be made of? Silicon has history on its side, but the future may lie in CIGS. TAGS: silicon, material, solar energy, electricity, film, semiconductor, CEO

Move 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. TAGS: transistor, silicon, material, professor, Apple iPod, Intel

Solar cell breaks efficiency record

December 6, 2006 It converts almost 41 percent of light that hits it into electricity, almost double the efficiency of current commercial cells. TAGS: cell, electricity, efficiency, sunlight, silicon, solar energy, material, semiconductor, barrier, Sharp 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: lithography, electron, transistor, silicon, material, IBM Corp., Intel, scientist, AMD, HP

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. TAGS: transistor, silicon, co-founder, nanotube, Intel, material, Silicon Valley, scientist, article, CEO

Harnessing quantum dots for solar panels

June 27, 2007 Sources say a start-up is working to use the tiny particles to convert sunlight into electricity. TAGS: silicon, sunlight, efficiency, cell, electron, material, electricity, 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, gate, material, chip company, IBM Corp., manufacturing, Intel, AMD

Sharp expanding beyond silicon in solar

October 17, 2006 Company experiments with new materials and techniques--and even partners with a bank--to push solar energy forward. TAGS: silicon, Sharp Corp., cell, sunlight, solar energy, lens, layer, sun, material, light-emitting diode, Japan, U.S., LCD

Solar start-up snags $35 million as CIGS ignites

October 27, 2006 Will CIGS technology challenge silicon in solar panels? Venture capitalists are helping fuel the debate. TAGS: silicon, factory, cell, venture capital, material, Sharp Corp., start-up, Google Inc.

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. TAGS: transistor, nanometer, QinetiQ Ltd., silicon, Intel, material, channel
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