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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, innovation, heart, IBM Corp., manufacturing, technique

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, semiconductor, chip company, IBM Corp., researcher, technique, Intel

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

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, wine, polymer, sensor, carbon, nose, semiconductor, silicon chip

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, Taiwan, paper, Intel, scientist, manufacturing

Applied powers up chip energy efforts

February 5, 2004 Applied Materials is promoting its "low-k" technology among chipmakers that need to better control the electricity that flows through their products. TAGS: Applied Materials Inc., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., transistor, semiconductor, Semiconductor Equipment, electricity, layer, power consumption, chip company, R&D

'High-rise' chips sneak on market

July 13, 2004 Chips with stacked transistors have been floating around the theoretical realm for years. Now they're appearing in products. TAGS: Matrix Semiconductor, transistor, semiconductor, Nintendo Co. Ltd., memory chip, North America, idea, handheld, 3D, games

Intel mulls metal over silicon for new chips

November 5, 2003 The chipmaker is looking at revamping two fundamental elements of its transistors--the transistor gate and the gate dielectric--to improve its chips' speed and performance. TAGS: transistor, gate, Silicon-on-Insulator, silicon, metal, semiconductor, AMD, AMD Athlon, Intel, chip company, IBM Corp.

FAQ: Forty years of Moore's Law

April 1, 2005 Gordon Moore's famous law has been around for four decades. Not bad for an idea he thought wouldn't last. Photos: Moore and his law TAGS: Gordon Moore, transistor, article, FAQ, law, Intel Itanium, AMD, semiconductor, co-founder, Intel, electronics, manufacturing

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, robot, process, scientist, technique

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

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, transistor, HP Labs, power consumption, HP, grid, concept, semiconductor, communication, researcher

Moore's Law lives

November 4, 2005 For how long can the semiconductor industry keep up its innovation and fast growth? Some say indefinitely. TAGS: Gordon Moore, transistor, Marconi, observation, semiconductor, material, Intel, co-founder, manufacturing, scientist, size

IBM shows off low-power chip technique

September 30, 2003 Big Blue announces a design that it says paves the way for cell phone chips that use only one-fifth as much power as today's processors. TAGS: Silicon-on-Insulator, cell phone chip, IBM Corp., transistor, technique, semiconductor, power, cell phone, design, 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, power consumption, AMD, Silicon-on-Insulator, silicon, Semiconductor Manufacturing, manufacturing, technique, semiconductor, AMD Opteron, IBM Corp., conference, process, Intel

In building nanotube chips, see what sticks?

August 1, 2005 Glue worked wonders for art projects in second grade. Now some scientists believe it could be useful for nanotube transistors. TAGS: nanotube, transistor, silicon wafer, electricity, semiconductor, technique, scientist, Intel

Gordon Moore on 40 years of his processor law

April 7, 2005 Once a year, the Intel co-founder speaks to the press. Here are his thoughts how Moore's Law has lasted four decades. TAGS: Gordon Moore, integrated circuit, transistor, Intel, semiconductor, Silicon Valley, barrier, electronics, component

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

Intel moves into volume with new chips

October 27, 2005 Intel's had a tough time, but the manufacturing machine is still churning away in good order. TAGS: AMD, nanometer, transistor, manufacturing, semiconductor, facility, production, Intel, Oregon, Intel Itanium, volume, PC company, process, chip company
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