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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

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., researcher, technique, Intel

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, researcher, semiconductor, chip company, paper, Taiwan, Intel, scientist, manufacturing

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

IBM combo technique tweaks transistors

September 9, 2003 Researchers at Big Blue manage to combine strained silicon and a silicon insulator in the same wafer, a new approach that could lead to faster, more efficient chips in a few years. TAGS: transistor, silicon, wafer, layer, IBM Corp., manufacturing, AMD Opteron, researcher, technique, approach, Intel

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

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

Print yourself a roll of semiconductors?

October 29, 2003 Xerox researchers use advanced printing techniques to create sheets of plastic transistors that could be used to build flexible LCDs. TAGS: Xerox PARC, Xerox Corp., transistor, semiconductor, roll, sheet, manufacturing, researcher, printing, facility, LCD screen, LCD, scientist, process, robot, technique

AMD sneaks strained silicon into chips

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

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, HP, concept, grid, semiconductor, communication, researcher

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: VLIW, transistor, Intel, memory chip, Intel x86, manufacturing, researcher, operating system, server, PC

Breakthrough promises hotter, tougher, faster chips

August 26, 2004 Developments in silicon carbide wafers may lead to a new world of fast, robust electronics. TAGS: wafer, diode, silicon, transistor, electronics, researcher

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., sensor, transistor, researcher

HP: For circuits, swap silicon for molecules

February 1, 2005 Company says it has a substitute for the transistor that's far smaller and, potentially, far cheaper to produce. Image: Molecular montage TAGS: molecule, transistor, circuit, HP, semiconductor, Intel, researcher, chip company

Scientists team up for nanotube breakthrough

January 7, 2004 Researchers at Stanford and UC Berkeley have come up with a way to grow carbon nanotubes on silicon wafers and to test the nanotubes, which could help pave the way for carbon chips. TAGS: nanotube, silicon wafer, Stanford, researcher, transistor, scientist, IBM Corp., project

IBM gets chip circuits to draw themselves

December 8, 2003 Big Blue is tinkering with a new material that could drastically slash the costs of “drawing” circuits on semiconductors, and the stuff is a close relative to tennis shoe glue. TAGS: polymer, molecule, semiconductor, circuit, shoe, semiconductor maker, IBM Corp., transistor, pattern, researcher, material, flash memory, Motorola Inc., manufacturing

Nanotubes break semiconducting record

December 19, 2003 The futuristic material is the best semiconductor ever measured, according to a recent study, and could form the basis for far more efficient computer chips. TAGS: nanotube, computer chip, silicon, mobility, semiconductor, university, transistor, material, property, electronics, researcher

Intel eyes nanotubes for future chip designs

November 10, 2006 Company is experimenting with carbon nanotubes as a possible replacement for copper wires in order to speed connections. TAGS: nanotube, electron, semiconductor, resistance, chip company, metal, Intel, transistor, researcher

What art is hiding on your microchip?

October 12, 2005 Not many people try looking for Waldo on a chip. But the most unlikely images can lurk among the transistors. Photos: Chip art TAGS: microchip, art, transistor, Intel, researcher, image, HP, photograph
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