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Elpida Completes Development of 1-Gigabit GDDR5
Nov 20, 2009 |
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Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory, today announced that it had developed a 1-gigabit GDDR5 (product name: EDW1032BABG) that operates at a world-class high speed ...
Semiconductor giant Infineon upgrades outlook
Nov 19, 2009 |
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German semi-conductor maker Infineon on Thursday upgraded its turnover and profits forecast over the next 12 months because of higher demand from the auto industry and cost cuts.
New 'finFETs' promising for smaller transistors, more powerful chips
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University researchers are making progress in developing a new type of transistor that uses a finlike structure instead of the conventional flat design, possibly enabling engineers ...
Toshiba develops molecular photoresist technology for EUV lithography
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has developed a high resolution photoresist (photo-sensitive film) essential for future application of EUV (extreme ultraviolet) lithography in semiconductor fabrication, ...
Intel Reports Breakthrough in Stacked, Cross Point Phase Change Memory Technology
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Intel Corp. and Numonyx today announced a key breakthrough in the research of phase change memory (PCM), a new non-volatile memory technology that combines many of the benefits of today's various memory types.
Samsung Develops Advanced Packaging Technology to Achieve a 0.6mm-thick 8-chip Package
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Samsung Electronics announced today that it has developed the world's thinnest multi-die package, one that measures a mere 0.6mm in height. Designed initially for 32 gigabyte (GB) densities, the new memory ...
Moore's Law Marches on at Intel
Sep 22, 2009 |
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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 ...
Two chips in one: Researchers combine microprocessor materials
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Organic electronics a two-way street, thanks to new plastic semiconductor
Aug 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Plastic that conducts electricity holds promise for cheaper, thinner and more flexible electronics. This technology is already available in some gadgets -- the new Sony walkman that was introduced ...
Apple 'to design own computer chips'
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Apple is building the capability to design its own computer chips in a strategic shift aimed at cutting its reliance on outside suppliers, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Filming photons, one million times a second
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have created a CMOS (semiconductor) camera capable of filming individual photons one million times a second. The breakthrough will impact on all the most advanced areas ...
Dell Talking About 80-Core Chip Processor
Nov 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- This week Michael Dell (CEO of Dell) gave a slide presentation that included Intel´s recently developed 80-core processor. This isn't the first time that the 80-core chip was mentioned in ...
NXP Sets New Benchmarks for LED Drivers
Nov 05, 2009 |
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NXP Semiconductors today announced three major developments in its portfolio of mains connected LED driver solutions: the success of its SSL2101 LED driver IC in matching LED lifetimes in an accelerated lifetime test; the ...
Intel to produce 32nm chips
Dec 10, 2008 |
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Intel Corp., the world's biggest computer chip-maker, said Wednesday that it has developed a manufacturing process that shrinks the circuitry in a chip to just 32 nanometers.
Sharp's New Semiconductor Laser for Triple- and Quadruple- Layer Blu-ray Discs
Sep 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sharp Corporation has announced the development of a new 500 mW semiconductor laser for triple- and quadruple- layer Blu-ray discs.
