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Semiconductors to give BMW split personality

November 20, 2006 BMW will be first car company to introduce FlexRay technology, which lets people change the way a car drives at the push of a button. TAGS: BMW, microcontroller, semiconductor, microprocessor, car, sensor, Motorola Inc., button

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, polymer, microchip, factory, organic light-emitting diode, Austria, researcher, health

Renamed Philips Semi lands U.S. passport deal

August 31, 2006 Once a semiconductor company, always a semiconductor company--but now it's known as NXP. TAGS: semiconductor company, Philips Electronics N.V., e-passport, semiconductor, passport, van, U.S.

TSMC to work with Microsoft on Xbox

April 6, 2004 The software maker enlists the services of the Taiwanese chipmaker for future versions of its popular game console. TAGS: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Semiconductor Manufacturing, semiconductor, Microsoft Xbox, chip company, manufacturing, agreement, ATI Technologies, console, IBM Corp., GPU, Microsoft Corp.

China gaining on U.S. chipmakers, CEO says

July 12, 2006 With semiconductor industry improving rapidly, country could achieve technological parity with U.S. in a few years. TAGS: Applied Materials Inc., Semiconductor Equipment, parity, semiconductor, China, DRAM, chip company, CEO, flash memory, U.S., government, PC

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, silicon, sunlight, solar energy, material, barrier, semiconductor, Sharp Corp.

Hynix sees semiconductor profits plummet

April 20, 2006 South Korean chipmaker attributes 31 percent drop in profits to a decline in chip prices and a strong Korean won. TAGS: NAND, Hynix Semiconductor Inc., NAND flash, capital equipment, semiconductor, profit, chip company, drop, increase, Samsung Electronics

Solar-cell business poised for huge growth

October 18, 2006 Manufacturing plants to produce solar cells at a daily rate equal to the entire solar-cell production in 1980. TAGS: Applied Materials Inc., silicon, plant, cell, semiconductor, equipment, manufacturing, factory, glass, TFT, ton, LCD

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, CEO, semiconductor

Naval Observatory gets 111-megapixel image sensor

June 19, 2006 The sensor, which will help USNO track stars' movements, follows super-resolution project destined for Chile. TAGS: DALSA Corp., Chile, sensor, semiconductor

Applied buys Applied and gets into solar

May 4, 2006 Applied Materials' latest acquisition underscores Silicon Valley's growing interest in alternative energy. TAGS: Applied Materials Inc., Semiconductor Manufacturing, semiconductor, alternative energy, flat panel, acquisition, Silicon Valley, equipment

Chip stocks move against the grain

August 10, 2007 Despite a drag on the broader markets early Friday, semiconductor stocks managed to hold their own. TAGS: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Dow Chemical Co., S&P 500, semiconductor, Intel

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, chip company, electron, semiconductor, resistance, VLSI, nanotechnology, metal, transistor, Intel, researcher

Making lasers a bargain

June 14, 2006 As costs drop, lasers will replace cutting tools and medical equipment, Coherent CEO John Ambroseo predicts. Photos: Forty years of lasers at Coherent TAGS: laser, semiconductor, Germany, light-emitting diode, color, CEO

IBM to help build $100 million supercomputer center

May 11, 2006 Will New York take California's spot as the center for chip design? The state certainly is giving it its best shot. TAGS: nanometer, nanotechnology, supercomputer, supercomputing, center, IBM Corp., semiconductor, New York, AMD

A semiconductor for sommeliers

February 7, 2006 Not sure whether a wine has gone sour? A group at UC Berkeley has come up with a cheap electronic nose. TAGS: transistor, polymer, wine, sensor, semiconductor, carbon, nose, silicon chip

Freescale links with IBM in chip development deal

January 23, 2007 Semiconductor will participate in developing rules and technology for manufacturing 45-nanometer chips. TAGS: alliance, IBM Corp., semiconductor, manufacturing, chip company, Philips Electronics N.V., Motorola Inc., AMD

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., researcher, semiconductor, channel, server

Chipmakers, PC sellers knock Nasdaq to 15-month low

November 30, 2000 Computer makers and semiconductor companies decline on revenue warnings from Gateway and Altera, dragging the Nasdaq south. TAGS: Altera Corp., semiconductor company, S&P 500, Wall Street, semiconductor, mutual fund, chip company, Gateway Inc., computer company, Apple Computer, PC

A 1,000-processor computer for $100K?

February 24, 2006 Developing a new computer architecture takes years. A project called RAMP could cut down on some of that time--and money. TAGS: FPGA, semiconductor, researcher, CPU
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