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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

Japan fires up its semiconductor industry

August 24, 2004 Chipmakers are again investing heavily to avoid the mistakes of the 1990s. But can they compete with overseas rivals and avoid a glut? TAGS: Applied Materials Inc., Renesas Technology Corp., wafer, Elpida Memory Inc., semiconductor industry, semiconductor, Japanese company, Japan, NEC Electronics Corp., DRAM, chip company, Toshiba, China, Sony Corp., IBM Corp., server

Chipmakers look to the future

December 29, 2005 The semiconductor industry sets a plan for life after silicon, Japanese chipmakers seek ways to cut costs, and Intel readies changes for 2006. TAGS: dual-core, chip company, Intel Viiv, semiconductor, Intel, server, PC

HP discontinues its Itanium workstations

September 24, 2004 The Intel chip, once expected to dominate the server market and even creep into PCs, takes yet another knock. TAGS: Intel Itanium, Intel Itanium 2, workstation, server market, HP, Intel, semiconductor, Intel Xeon, AMD Opteron, 64-bit, server

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, manufacturing, chip company, Intel, health, researcher, server, PC

From Intel Inside to Intel Everywhere

July 17, 2004 Knowledge@Wharton weighs the risks of the chipmaker's expansion strategy against its potential benefits. TAGS: microprocessor, Intel, Mercury Research, semiconductor, AMD, arena, chipset, chip company, PC, server

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

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, Intel, IBM PowerPC, San Francisco, researcher, Sony Corp., radio, server

Hard facts for software

April 1, 2004 Bill Gates says hardware will be almost free. But CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos says software is more likely to go that way. TAGS: Taipei, Holy Grail, theory, semiconductor, Bill Gates, LCD, information technology, hard drive, server, PC

Patriot, Intel in patent squabble

February 10, 2004 The eight-employee semiconductor designer files lawsuits against five Japanese computer makers, saying they infringed on its patents by selling Pentium-based PCs. TAGS: Patriot Scientific, patent, suit, microprocessor, semiconductor, Intel Pentium, claim, Intel, lawsuit, PC company, computer company, intellectual property, server, PC

A fab construction job

January 22, 2003 When IBM wanted to start making tiny chips on 300-millimeter wafers, the first thing it had to do was raise the roof on an existing facility--all 4 million pounds of it. TAGS: wafer, fab, roof, facility, semiconductor maker, equipment, IBM Corp., transistor, AMD, semiconductor, New York, server

IBM profits beat the Street

July 15, 2004 Big Blue slightly exceeds expectations on strong mainframe sales and services deals, despite weaker software sales. TAGS: business process transformation, IBM Corp., IBM POWER5, currency, earnings, semiconductor, mainframe, business process, server

Sun, Intel square off over Itanium support

March 3, 2000 The two high-tech giants are in a high-stakes game of chicken in a debate about which company needs the other more in the lucrative e-commerce world. TAGS: Intel Itanium, Intel IA-64, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Compaq Tru64 UNIX, Sun UltraSPARC, Compaq Computer Corp., Texas Instruments Inc., Intel, 64-bit, e-commerce, Silicon Graphics Inc., semiconductor, operating system, IBM Corp., family
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