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SKorean firms to jointly develop new chips

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Samsung Electronics will lead a group of South Korean firms in jointly developing advanced semiconductors used for smartphones and digital televisions, officials said Monday.


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Intel's Light Peak Will Replace Copper Wires

Technology / Hi Tech

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (34) | comments 18

(PhysOrg.com) -- At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco Wednesday, the company announced a new optical cable that will be able to transfer data, between electrical devices, starting at speeds of 10 ...


Aisle placements affect grocery sales, research shows

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Supermarkets could increase their sales of related items, such as chips and soft drinks, by moving the items closer to each other in their stores, according to research by Ram Bezawada, assistant professor of marketing in ...


Upgrading RAM is a simple process

Technology / Other

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Question: I'm in the market for a new laptop, and I want to be sure it has four gigabytes of RAM. My friends tell me to buy the cheapest configuration and upgrade the RAM myself. How hard is it to upgrade RAM in a computer?


Climate change poker: The barriers which are preventing a global agreement

Climate change poker: The barriers which are preventing a global agreement

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 5

As the world's environment ministers, government officials, diplomats and campaigners prepare to attend the COP15 conference in Copenhagen in December 2009 to unite in the battle against climate change in ...


Elpida Completes Development of  Cu-TSV (Through Silicon Via) Multi-Layer 8-Gigabit DRAM

Elpida Completes Development of Cu-TSV (Through Silicon Via) Multi-Layer 8-Gigabit DRAM

Technology / Semiconductors

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Elpida Memory today announced that it has completed development of a Cu-TSV (Through Silicon Via) multi-layer 8-Gigabit DRAM.


Using Nanotubes in Computer Chips

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT materials scientists have developed a new technique for growing carbon nanotubes that could replace the vertical wires in chips, permitting denser packing of circuits.


Selling chip makers on optical computing

Selling chip makers on optical computing

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer chips that transmit data with light instead of electricity consume much less power than conventional chips, but so far, they've remained laboratory curiosities. Professors Vladimir ...


Two chips in one: Researchers combine microprocessor materials

Two chips in one: Researchers combine microprocessor materials

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- An MIT team led by Tomás Palacios, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has succeeded in combining two semiconductor materials, silicon ...


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Moore's Law Marches on at Intel

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (30) | comments 10

Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini today displayed a silicon wafer containing the world's first working chips built on 22nm process technology. The 22nm test circuits include both SRAM memory as well as ...


Intel profit falls but outlook upbeat, stock jumps (AP)

Intel stokes hopes for PC recovery

Technology / Business

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Intel Corp. has been asserting for months that the personal computer business is rebounding from its deepest slump in nearly a decade. Its stock jumped late Tuesday on signs things are picking up ...


Samsung expects strong 3rd-quarter profit (AP)

Samsung expects strong 3rd-quarter profit

Technology / Business

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday that profit likely surged in the third quarter on higher sales, amid a brightening outlook for the world's largest manufacturer of computer memory chips and flat ...


Elpida Completes Development of 65nm XS Version 1-Gigabit DDR3 SDRAM

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced that it had completed development of a 65nm XS extra-shrink version 1-Gigabit DDR3 SDRAM that is as cost-competitive as ...


Intel raises sales forecast; shares jump 5 percent (AP)

Intel raises sales forecast; shares jump 4 percent

Technology / Business

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Intel Corp. raised its third-quarter revenue forecast above Wall Street's expectations Friday, citing strong demand for its chips and giving another signal that business is improving for one of the ...


Intel CEO: PC sales could rise in 2009

Technology / Business

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The worldwide personal-computer market is pulling out of its slump quickly and could defy predictions by growing this year, Intel Corp. CEO Paul Otellini said Tuesday.