News tagged with silicon chip
New advance could lead to even smaller features in the constant quest for more compact, faster microchips
The microchip revolution has seen a steady shrinking of features on silicon chips, packing in more transistors and wires to boost chips’ speed and data capacity. But in recent years, the technologies behind these chips ...
Dec 14, 2011 |
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AMD struggles to reinvent itself
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Advanced Micro Devices was hoping to profit from a bigger share of the PC chip market after its longtime nemesis, Intel, suffered a string of antitrust regulatory rebukes in recent years.
Nov 23, 2011 |
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Team develops method for creating 3D photonic crystals
Dutch researchers at the University of Twente's MESA+ research institute, together with ASML, TNO (the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) and TU/e (Eindhoven University of Technology) ...
Nov 07, 2011 |
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'Microring' device could aid in future optical technologies
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Purdue University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a device small enough to fit on a computer chip that converts continuous laser light ...
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Infineon succeeds in producing chips on new 300-millimeter thin wafer technology for power semiconductors
Infineon Technologies AG has produced the first chips ("first silicon") on a 300-millimeter thin wafer for power semiconductors at the Villach site in Austria. This makes Infineon the first company in the ...
Oct 10, 2011 |
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LED startup Switch Lighting hopes to light the way in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is known for computer chips, software companies and social networks - but not light bulbs.
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Oct 03, 2011 |
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A faster, cheaper method for making transistors and chips
(PhysOrg.com) -- It may soon be possible manufacture the miniscule structures that make up transistors and silicon chips rapidly and inexpensively. Swiss scientists are currently investigating the use of dynamic ...
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Faster, smaller and more economical gallium nitride transistors
For the first time, researchers from CNRS France and ETH Zurich have succeeded in producing high-performance high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) made of gallium nitride (GaN) on a silicon(110) wafer. ...
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Intel teams with Google on smartphone chips
Intel on Tuesday announced that it has teamed with Google to tailor chips to get top performance out of smartphones powered by the Internet giant's Android software.
Sep 13, 2011 |
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3M and IBM to develop new types of adhesives to create 3D semiconductors
3M and IBM announced that the two companies plan to jointly develop the first adhesives that can be used to package semiconductors into densely stacked silicon “towers.” The companies are aiming ...
Sep 08, 2011 |
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Scientists put a new spin on traditional information technology
Is it time for a communications paradigm shift? Scientists calculate that encoding and sending information via electron spin, instead of voltage changes, may mean tiny chips could transmit more information and consume less ...
Aug 29, 2011 |
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A new SPIDER for the web
(PhysOrg.com) -- A revolutionary new chip that uses little energy and operates at ultrafast speeds for telecommunications and computing is set to replace the power-hungry, expensive and bulky equipment that ...
Aug 22, 2011 |
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Plan to build giant solar farm in Calif. comes before judge
A proposal to build one of the world's largest solar farms south of Silicon Valley had its day in court Monday as a long-simmering battle between the San Francisco Bay Area investors supporting the project and environmentalists ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 09, 2011 |
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A silicon chip with integrated laser and optical grating offers new possibilities for telecommunications
(PhysOrg.com) -- Silicon is an ideal platform for integrated photonic circuits because the material is cheap and readily available. Silicon chips with an integrated laser source capable of emitting light at ...
Aug 09, 2011 |
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Caltech-led engineers solve longstanding problem in photonic chip technology
Stretching for thousands of miles beneath oceans, optical fibers now connect every continent except for Antarctica. With less data loss and higher bandwidth, optical-fiber technology allows information to ...
Aug 04, 2011 |
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