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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
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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?
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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.
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'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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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AMD sneaks strained silicon into chips
August 19, 2004
The design twist will let the company increase the performance of its processors.
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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.
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Moore's Law lives
November 4, 2005
For how long can the semiconductor industry keep up its innovation and fast growth? Some say indefinitely.
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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.
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IBM, AMD further cut chip power consumption
December 6, 2005
At Washington conference next week, companies will outline strategies for enhancing processor performance.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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