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Open-and-shut case for new transistor gates?

November 10, 2003 Motorola develops a dual-gate transistor in which the two gates can switch on and off independently--a twist the company says could increase performance and reduce power consumption. TAGS: transistor, Motorola Inc., gate, power consumption

Celebrating 60 years of transistors

December 14, 2007 The modern world wouldn't be what it is if it weren't for a little piece of technology that emerged from Bell Labs in 1947.Photos: Sixty years of transistors TAGS: transistor, AT&T Bell Laboratories, signal, manufacturing, Intel, 3D

AMD joins transistor trend

September 10, 2002 Like Intel and IBM, Advanced Micro Devices says it's working on multiple-gate transistors, in a bid to boost chip performance. TAGS: transistor, AMD, chip company, semiconductor, IBM Corp., technique, researcher, Intel

HP unfurls more details of its nano plans

March 14, 2005 In journal, computing giant publishes ideas for creating chips with crossbars out of specially designed molecules. TAGS: transistor, HP, computing giant, nanotechnology

Agere makes headway in transistor market

January 26, 2004 The company signs a deal to supply NEC with RF transistors for its 3G wireless network, its second such contract in the past two weeks and a sign of its challenge to Motorola. TAGS: Agere Systems Inc., transistor, NEC Electronics Corp., 3G, Motorola Inc.

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

Trying to put new zip into Moore's Law

February 24, 2008 If innovation has a heart, it's probably a semiconductor, beating to the pace of Moore's Law.The New York Times TAGS: transistor, Gordon Moore, semiconductor, nanotechnology, IBM Corp., innovation, heart, manufacturing, technique

Researchers find new twist in bendy electronics

December 13, 2006 A new technique for manufacturing transistors may make mass producing flexible electronics much more feasible. TAGS: transistor, electrode, e-paper, researcher, electronics, polymer, technique, mobility, manufacturing, method

IBM calculates the force it takes to move atoms

February 21, 2008 IBM has figured out how much force it takes to move atoms. Next, it will try to build things with those atoms. TAGS: microscope, transistor, probe, force, IBM Corp., scientist, hard drive

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., silicon, nanometer, Intel, material, channel

New challenges in the chip sector

December 17, 2007 After a bout of good fortune, AMD finds itself coming to grips with a resurgent Intel. Plus: Can software keep up with multicore technology? TAGS: AMD, multi-core, transistor, Intel, chip company

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, AMD, silicon, material, gate, Intel, IBM Corp., manufacturing, chip company

Year in review: Chipmakers trade places

December 18, 2007 Intel enjoyed improved sales, while AMD did its best to limit the damage during a year plagued by a key product delay. TAGS: Barcelona, AMD, transistor, chip company, Intel, quad-core, Intel x86, Intel Pentium 4, AMD Opteron

HP says it can reduce impact of chip defects

June 9, 2005 In the future, microprocessors will need a better backup plan, says the company. Can its crossbar switch technology help? TAGS: transistor, defect, semiconductor, semiconductor maker, HP, microprocessor, idea, backup

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, DSL, IBM Corp., Intel, technique

Intel chip research focuses on memory cells

December 12, 2006 Company will present a paper this week outlining a new type of memory that could help boost processor performance. TAGS: transistor, cell, cache memory, gate, SRAM, Intel, memory

IBM researchers claim nanotube first

March 23, 2006 An integrated circuit created from a carbon nanotube could lead to greater commercial uses for the technology. TAGS: nanotube, integrated circuit, transistor, circuit, IBM Corp., researcher, scientist

Intel helps build low-power transistor

February 10, 2005 Companies make public product of joint research that could form the basis of future "high-performance" chips. TAGS: transistor, QinetiQ Ltd., electron, Intel, chip company, researcher, battery

Intel to throttle power by enhancing silicon

August 30, 2004 Power consumption continues to climb, so Intel will reach into the bag of tricks to keep Moore's Law going. TAGS: transistor, silicon, power consumption, AMD, Intel, manufacturing, generation, process

Intel scientists find wall for Moore's Law

December 1, 2003 Semiconductor makers won't be able to shrink transistors much, if at all, beyond 2021, according to researchers. Is Moore's Law coming to an end? TAGS: transistor, semiconductor maker, electron, chip company, researcher, semiconductor, Intel, Taiwan, paper, scientist, manufacturing
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