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• HP improves memory through circuit history

  Thirty-seven years ago, Leon Chua, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, theorised that symmetry demands that there should be a fourth fundamental circuit element, the "memristor" or memory resistor. Now HP thinks its memristor will improve memory and circuit design.

• Tiny IBM circuits inspired by dominoes

  Just as a falling apple spurred Isaac Newton's discovery of gravity, toppling dominoes have inspired researchers to build the world's smallest computer circuits.

• IBM gets chip circuits to draw themselves

  IBM is tinkering with a new material that could drastically slash the costs of "drawing" circuits on semiconductors, and the stuff is a close relative to tennis shoe glue.

• Ultra-low power chip sleeps a lot

  Researchers at the University of Michigan have designed chips that use 30,000 times less power in sleep mode and 10 per cent less in active mode than comparable processors, putting an end to overweight battery syndrome.

• Australian chip design may find aliens

  A research collaboration between La Trobe University's Centre for Technology Infusion (CTI), Peregrine Semiconductor Australia (PSA) and the CSIRO's Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) have come up with a new chip design they hope will be integrated into the world's largest radio telescope.

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• Photo gallery: 35 years of Intel chip design

  A look at how Intel chips have evolved -- from the revolutionary 4004 to the teraflop-ready 80-core prototype of tomorrow.

• Breaking chip barriers

  HP Labs is leading a project to find new ways to boost silicon-based memory and processor technology far beyond its current limits.

• Intel hastily redraws road maps

  The chipmaker has redrawn its product plans for 2005, shelving two chips and announcing vague plans about the processors that will come out next year.

• China, US resolve chip tax issues

  China has agreed to phase out an oft-criticised tax that US companies complained discriminated against foreign semiconductor makers, the latest step in improving relations.

• Chip shoppers: Silicon or plastic?

  A scientist has detailed how to create inexpensive semiconducting plastics that may finally fulfill the promise of reducing the cost of display technology for laptops, mobile phones and other devices.

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• Tiny IBM circuits inspired by dominoes

  Just as a falling apple spurred Isaac Newton's discovery of gravity, toppling dominoes have inspired researchers to build the world's smallest computer circuits.

• IBM bakes new 3D circuit design

  IBM says building better microchips is kind of like baking a cake.

• Rambus speeds up chip connections

  The memory company branches out of chip design by developing an interconnect technology, dubbed Redwood, that it says does the same job as Hypertransport or Rapid I/O--only faster.

• Breaking chip barriers

  HP Labs is leading a project to find new ways to boost silicon-based memory and processor technology far beyond its current limits.

• Infineon puts weight behind Singapore lab

  The German chipmaker is expanding its research and development facilities and staff in its Asia-Pacific unit to concentrate on developing chip packages, microcontrollers and communications chips.

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