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A tenfold improvement in battery life?

January 15, 2008 Stanford researchers say silicon nanowires could help extend the life of a lithium ion battery for laptops from 4 hours to 40 hours. TAGS: silicon, lithium, researcher, battery, battery life, improvement, laptop computer

AMD sneaks strained silicon into chips

August 19, 2004 The design twist will let the company increase the performance of its processors. TAGS: silicon, transistor, electron, AMD, representative, semiconductor, manufacturing, IBM Corp., researcher, Intel

Pour yourself a silicon solar panel

October 12, 2007 Start-up claims it can create crystalline silicon solar cells with liquid, cutting manufacturing costs in half. TAGS: silicon, cell, solvent, sunlight, electricity, photovoltaics, manufacturing, LCD panel, LCD

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

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, material, sun, light-emitting diode, Japan, LCD, U.S.

Solar industry chases a cheaper kilowatt

March 9, 2006 After decades of promise, solar power is starting to pay off via more efficient and affordable tech. Photos: The many faces of the solar power TAGS: solar energy, silicon, electricity, photovoltaics, venture capital, manufacturing

At IDF, Intel rallies its developers

August 22, 2008 The Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco gives the chipmaker the chance to tout its direction for the months ahead. TAGS: Intel Developer Forum, nanotechnology, chip company, Steve Wozniak, Stephen Shankland, mobile chip, silicon, Charles Cooper, Intel, quad-core, notebook computer, San Francisco, video, Apple Computer, battery, TV

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, material, venture capital, Sharp Corp., start-up, Google Inc.

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, Sharp Corp., semiconductor, barrier

New solar technology hits snags

May 22, 2007 Companies hoping to sell an inexpensive solar technology have had to delay commercial production of their products or change their product line. TAGS: cell, silicon, efficiency, factory, manufacturing, process, CEO

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, nanotube, co-founder, Intel, Silicon Valley, material, scientist, article, CEO

IBM aims to salvage silicon for solar industry

October 30, 2007 Erase those old circuits and you've got some silicon for solar panels. Big Blue hopes the technique will take off with chipmakers.Photos: Reclaiming silicon with water TAGS: wafer, silicon, silicon wafer, IBM Corp., Texas Instruments Inc., chip company

Applied invests in solar-wafer maker

November 20, 2006 Chipmaking-equipment bigwig dips another toe into solar energy with $3 million investment in silicon ingot maker Solaicx. TAGS: Applied Materials Inc., silicon, silicon wafer, wafer, plant, cell, shortage, manufacturing, factory, semiconductor, equipment, chip company

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

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: sunlight, silicon, electron, cell, efficiency, material, electricity, researcher

IBM slows light, readies it for networking

November 2, 2005 Light's fast, but if it can be slowed down, it can be used inside computers to cut down on energy, Big Blue says. TAGS: silicon, silicon chip, IBM Corp., laser, component, researcher, networking, Intel

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? TAGS: transistor, silicon, nanotechnology, electron, nanotube, CMOS, designer, Intel, engineer, chip company

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., cell, silicon, plant, semiconductor, equipment, factory, TFT, glass, ton, manufacturing, LCD

Start-up plans first step toward solar homes

April 14, 2006 Heliovolt will start making prototypes this month, with an eye toward "power buildings." TAGS: silicon, building, prototype, photovoltaics

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. TAGS: silicon, transistor, manufacturing, nanometer, AMD, process, Intel, notebook computer, IBM Corp., server
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