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Gartner: Sales of chip gear to drop

April 8, 2005 Worldwide sales of chipmaking equipment will slide in the next two years--the question is, how far? TAGS: semiconductor, Gartner Inc., segment, researcher

Inkjet printers start cranking out microchips

March 13, 2007 Spray-on electronics can be mass manufactured, and a new factory in Austria is doing just that. TAGS: silicon chip, semiconductor, factory, polymer, microchip, Austria, organic light-emitting diode, health, researcher, printer

Slowing the speed of light to improve networking

September 28, 2004 Optical fiber can deliver data fast, sometimes too fast. Slowing light might make some networking bottlenecks vanish. TAGS: fiber, semiconductor, signal, mile, networking, researcher, scientist, laser

IBM gets chip circuits to draw themselves

December 8, 2003 Big Blue is tinkering with a new material that could drastically slash the costs of “drawing” circuits on semiconductors, and the stuff is a close relative to tennis shoe glue. TAGS: polymer, molecule, semiconductor, circuit, IBM Corp., shoe, semiconductor maker, transistor, pattern, researcher, material, flash memory, Motorola Inc., manufacturing

Intel scientists find wall for Moore's Law

December 1, 2003 Semiconductor makers won't be able to shrink transistors much, if at all, beyond 2021, according to researchers. Is Moore's Law coming to an end? TAGS: transistor, semiconductor maker, electron, chip company, researcher, semiconductor, Intel, Taiwan, paper, scientist, manufacturing

Print yourself a roll of semiconductors?

October 29, 2003 Xerox researchers use advanced printing techniques to create sheets of plastic transistors that could be used to build flexible LCDs. TAGS: Xerox PARC, Xerox Corp., transistor, semiconductor, roll, sheet, researcher, printing, manufacturing, facility, LCD, LCD screen, scientist, robot, technique, process

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

Semiconductor group gives rosy sales forecast

June 10, 2004 But the organization warns of a crucial need for new manufacturing techniques. TAGS: institute, semiconductor, chip company, sales forecast, nanotechnology, material, manufacturing, barrier, IBM Corp., organization, researcher

IBM puts vacuum spaces in chips

May 3, 2007 Nothing insulates like a vacuum. Big Blue says its Airgap technique will increase chip speed and reduce power consumption.Images: IBM's vaccuum techiqueVideo: Building chips with Airgap TAGS: molecule, vacuum, dot, IBM Corp., power consumption, technique, material, semiconductor, researcher, manufacturing, video

At Purdue, cooling chips with mini lightning storms

March 25, 2004 Researchers at Purdue University say they can beat the heat in computer chips by using carbon nanotubes to create miniature electrical storms that generate cooling winds. TAGS: computer chip, storm, electrode, lightning, electron, nanotube, researcher, semiconductor, IBM Corp.

Chips to take stage at two S.F. conferences

February 13, 2004 At two events in San Francisco, chip designers are set to discuss flexible screens, artificial skin, robots and better, cheaper wireless. TAGS: conference, silicon, semiconductor, Intel Developer Forum, IBM PowerPC, Intel, San Francisco, researcher, Sony Corp., radio, server

Intel eyes nanotubes for future chip designs

November 10, 2006 Company is experimenting with carbon nanotubes as a possible replacement for copper wires in order to speed connections. TAGS: nanotube, electron, semiconductor, resistance, chip company, metal, Intel, transistor, researcher

Stacking up the chips

August 1, 2005 It's all about design as the chipset market booms, China gains strength and researchers grapple with nanotubes. TAGS: nanotube, Semiconductor Manufacturing, chipset, AMD, China, health care, semiconductor, dual-core, chip company, manufacturing, researcher, Intel, health, server, PC

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

Chipmakers to fund cancer study

March 19, 2004 The semiconductor industry has enough data for research into dangers of manufacturing plants, experts say. TAGS: cancer, Semiconductor Manufacturing, study, manufacturing, semiconductor, critic, worker, rate, survey, chip company, researcher

HP: For circuits, swap silicon for molecules

February 1, 2005 Company says it has a substitute for the transistor that's far smaller and, potentially, far cheaper to produce. Image: Molecular montage TAGS: molecule, transistor, circuit, HP, semiconductor, Intel, researcher, chip company

Nanotubes break semiconducting record

December 19, 2003 The futuristic material is the best semiconductor ever measured, according to a recent study, and could form the basis for far more efficient computer chips. TAGS: nanotube, computer chip, silicon, semiconductor, mobility, transistor, university, material, property, electronics, researcher

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, semiconductor, chip company, IBM Corp., researcher, technique, Intel

Start-up to use genes to build better chips

August 4, 2004 Can food-poisoning bacteria E. coli make chips better than humans? Start-up says yes, but primordial soup will take time to steep. TAGS: Cambrios, bacteria, protein, Nanomagnetics, metal, semiconductor, start-up, professor, nanotechnology, Palo Alto, virus, researcher, CEO

Can HP fool Moore's Law?

January 16, 2007 Researchers are replacing the communication wires inside chips with an overhead grid of tiny nanowires. That could help chips keep shrinking. TAGS: FPGA, HP Labs, transistor, power consumption, HP, concept, grid, semiconductor, communication, researcher
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