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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.

• Intel shows test chips made on future processes

  Moore's Law is on track, the chipmaker says, and it shows off 45-nanometer creations to prove it.

• Aust researchers develop small multichannel fibre optic cable

  Researchers at the Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre have developed a small multichannel optical fibre that has the potential to improve the way computer chips communicate with each other.

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• Intel shrinks chips to 90 nanometres

  The chipmaker says it has produced memory chips in its labs containing 330 million transistors through manufacturing technology that will hit the mainstream next year.

• HP to unveil nanotech breakthrough

  Hewlett-Packard researchers will unveil a major breakthrough in the field of nanotechnology, a milestone in the company's goal to build chips based on "molecular grids".

• 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.

• Sapphire when ready for laser chips

  Laser chips made from silicon and sapphire could speed up computing a hundredfold, claim scientists.

• 'Strained silicon' to pump up chips

  Processor powerhouses IBM and Intel are set to reveal their plans to use the 'strained silicon' technique to build faster, power-efficient chips--and maybe break free of Moore's Law.

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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.

• Intel to unveil nanotech plans

  The chipmaker is set to give an idea of what will power its chips in the future as it discusses nanotechnology at its developer conference next week.

• Intel produces chips for the next generation

  Intel said it has produced chips with the 65-nanometer manufacturing process, a strong sign the company will continue to keep pace with Moore's Law.

• 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.

• Wireless chips take their first steps

  Some of the first integrated circuits that create a wireless network using the very powerful, and controversial, ultrawideband wireless technique are on their way for testing by device makers.

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