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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.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.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.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 powerMove 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.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.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 waterSolar 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.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.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.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.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.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.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.Intel unveils silicon laser
February 16, 2005 Optical technology performs well but is awfully expensive. The latest in a series of breakthroughs could cure the cost problem. Photos: Lasers on a chipAMD 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.IBM, AMD further cut chip power consumption
December 6, 2005 At Washington conference next week, companies will outline strategies for enhancing processor performance.IBM doubles speed of silicon germanium chips
August 5, 2005 New generation of processors can help cell phone operators handle higher bandwidth speeds.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.IBM, AMD claim a better way to strain silicon
December 13, 2004 Chip performance is being improved by pulling silicon atoms apart, and in some cases pushing them closer together.
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