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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

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

Intel aims for faster, cooler transistors

December 6, 2005 Indium antimonide doesn't exactly have a ring to it, but the compound could help chipmakers advance in the next decade. TAGS: transistor, QinetiQ Ltd., nanometer, silicon, material, Intel, channel

Chip companies entering their metal period

January 27, 2007 Intel, IBM and AMD plan to unveil chips built using new materials, marking a historic shift away from traditional transistor ingredients.Intel shows off Penryn chips TAGS: transistor, silicon, gate, material, chip company, IBM Corp., manufacturing, Intel, AMD

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. TAGS: transistor, silicon, AMD, IBM Corp., DSL, Intel

IBM, AMD further cut chip power consumption

December 6, 2005 At Washington conference next week, companies will outline strategies for enhancing processor performance. TAGS: transistor, silicon, Silicon-on-Insulator, power consumption, Semiconductor Manufacturing, AMD, AMD Opteron, manufacturing, IBM Corp., semiconductor, conference, process, Intel

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. TAGS: lithography, electron, transistor, silicon, material, IBM Corp., Intel, scientist, HP, AMD

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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