IBM Develops Computational Scaling Solution for Next Generation '22nm' Semiconductors September 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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In response to ever increasing demands for smaller, more powerful and energy-efficient devices for cloud computing and high-performance servers, IBM today announced the semiconductor industry's first computationally based ... | |
 Slicing solar power costs: New method cuts waste in making most efficient solar cells September 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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University of Utah engineers devised a new way to slice thin wafers of the chemical element germanium for use in the most efficient type of solar power cells. They say the new method should lower the cost ... | |
Hitachi Unveils Digital Signatures on Stand-Alone Memory Chips September 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Hitachi announced today the development of a mechanism for attesting the authenticity of memory chips using highly secure digital signatures in a worldwide breakthrough. Since the mechanism requires neither a CPU nor a computational ... | |
 Sony Develops World's Highest Optical Output 7.2W, 635nm Red Semiconductor Laser Array August 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Sony Corporation today announced that it has developed a high-power, short-wavelength red semiconductor laser array diode, ideal for use as a light source in projection devices. | |
Epson Develops New High-Resolution LTPS LCD August 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Epson today announced the development of a 4-inch high-resolution low-temperature polysilicon (LTPS) TFT LCD featuring Photo Fine Premia technology, which boasts both a wide viewing angle and a wide color range. The display ... | |
 IBM Extends Moore's Law to the Third Dimension April 12, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 177 vote(s)
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IBM today announced a breakthrough chip-stacking technology in a manufacturing environment that paves the way for three-dimensional chips that will extend Moore’s Law beyond its expected limits. The technology ... | |
 Silent, microchip-sized 'fan' has no moving parts, yet produces enough wind to cool a laptop March 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 112 vote(s)
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Engineers harnessing the same physical property that drives silent household air purifiers have created a miniaturized device that is now ready for testing as a silent, ultra-thin, low-power and low maintenance ... | |
 IBM Reveals Breakthrough eDRAM Memory Technology February 14, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 67 vote(s)
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In papers presented at the International Solid State Circuits Conference, IBM revealed a first-of-its-kind, on-chip memory technology that features the fastest access times ever recorded in eDRAM (Embedded ... | |
 Rensselaer student invents alternative to silicon chip May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 104 vote(s)
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Even before Weixiao Huang received his doctorate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his new transistor captured the attention of some of the biggest American and Japanese automobile companies. The 2008 ... | |
 IBM researchers unveil green optical network technology prototype February 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 80 vote(s)
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IBM researchers today unveiled the fastest and most highly integrated optical data bus ever developed. The prototype technology could bring massive amounts of bandwidth in an energy-efficient way to all kinds ... | |
 IBM Alliances Announce Advancement in High-K/Metal Gate Technology December 14, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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IBM and its joint development partners -- AMD, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Freescale, Infineon, and Samsung -- announced an innovative approach to speed the implementation of a breakthrough material ... | |
 Flexible electronics advance boosts performance, manufacturing December 13, 2006 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Flexible electronics made with organic, or carbon-based, transistors could enable technologies such as low-cost sensors on product packaging and ''electronic paper'' displays as thin and floppy as a placemat. ... | |
 SSRL Aids Development of Plastic Electronics May 04, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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For close to a decade, researchers have been trying to improve the performance of plastic semiconductors to the level of amorphous silicon—the semiconductor used in low-cost electronics such as photovoltaic ... | |
NXP introduces world's first fully integrated HDMI 1.3 Interface Conditioning chips September 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
NXP Semiconductors, the independent company founded by Philips, today announced the industry’s first fully integrated Interface Conditioning chips for the HDMI 1.3 port. | |
 Unknown molecule opens the door to quantum computing June 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 83 vote(s)
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The odd behavior of a molecule in an experimental silicon computer chip has led to a discovery that opens the door to quantum computing in semiconductors. | |
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