Content from CNET tagged with

transistor

1 | 2

News Stories

Showing 1-20 of 35 results found

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, semiconductor, Apple iPod, Intel

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, researcher, e-paper, polymer, manufacturing, electronics, mobility, method

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

Intel shows off 80-core processor

February 11, 2007 The chip unveiled at IDF works, but there are a lot of hurdles to overcome before an 80-core chip shows up in a living room. TAGS: transistor, memory chip, Intel, Intel x86, manufacturing, researcher, server, PC, operating system

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, manufacturing, signal, 3D, Intel

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, transistor, integrated circuit, IBM Corp., circuit, researcher, scientist

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, Silicon-on-Insulator, cache memory, SRAM, gate, Intel, memory

Chipmakers gear up for manufacturing hurdles

June 12, 2006 For chip designers, the next decade is going to be one big wrestling match with the laws of physics and chemistry. Images: Chips of the future TAGS: transistor, SRAM, Texas Instruments Inc., manufacturing, chip company, Intel, AMD

A semiconductor for sommeliers

February 7, 2006 Not sure whether a wine has gone sour? A group at UC Berkeley has come up with a cheap electronic nose. TAGS: transistor, polymer, wine, sensor, carbon, semiconductor, silicon chip, nose

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, IBM Corp., notebook computer, server

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, transistor, microprocessor, server farm, IBM Corp., researcher, semiconductor, channel, server

Nvidia rolls out speedy 3D graphics hardware

November 8, 2006 New GeForce 8800 graphics cards can move processing resources as needed to draw complex images in a flash. Photos: Nvidia's new graphics tech TAGS: transistor, NVidia, pixel, video card, Nvidia GeForce, 3D, GPU, image, PC

Intel completes design of Penryn chip

November 30, 2006 The company is in the midst of making the first samples of the 45-nanometer chip, expected to come out toward the end of next year. TAGS: manufacturing, transistor, Intel, AMD, design

Samsung claims double-sided LCD screen

January 4, 2007 Panel can show two different pictures or sets of visual data simultaneously on the front and back of the same screen. TAGS: e-paper, LCD screen, transistor, pixel, LCD, Samsung Electronics

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: multi-core, transistor, chip company, AMD, Intel

Can HP fool Moore's Law?

January 16, 2007 Researchers are replacing the communication wires inside chips with an overhead grid of tiny nanowires. That could help chips keep shrinking. TAGS: FPGA, HP Labs, transistor, power consumption, grid, concept, semiconductor, communication, researcher, HP

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: transistor, IBM Corp., force, probe, scientist, hard drive

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, chip company, transistor, AMD Opteron, AMD, Intel, quad-core, Dell

Sensors: Living off scraps of energy

May 24, 2006 In the future, your shoes may be able to charge your camera and RFID chips could tell when you leave the room. Images: Energy-saving sensors TAGS: RFID, energy, sensor, transistor, RFID chip, microprocessor, tag, reader, scientist, battery, Intel, security

Sam Palmisano's technology forecast

March 28, 2006 Behind the Blue Curtain, company researchers present IBM's chief with their predictions for major tech trends. TAGS: Palmisano, IBM Corp., transistor, sensor, researcher
1 | 2
Sponsored matches for "transistor"
  • Recently Viewed Products
  • My Lists
  • My Software Updates
  • Promo
  • Log In | Join CNET