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  • Intel mulls metal over silicon for new chips

    Moore's Law is alive and well, but Intel is changing its basic semiconductor recipes to make sure that it stays that way.

  • AMD splits off manufacturing arm

    AMD overnight announced plans to split off its manufacturing operations through a finance deal with a firm from the United Arab Emirates, which will leave AMD with total control of only its design wing.

  • Motorola reveals nanocrystal chip

    Motorola plans to announce this week that it has manufactured prototypes of a flash-memory chip that relies on a thin layer of silicon crystals to retain data, a breakthrough that could help the flash industry overcome looming technical hurdles.

  • 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.

  • "Strained silicon" pumps 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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  • 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.

  • '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.

  • 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 and Cray link up, denting AMD

    Supercomputer expert Cray and Intel have entered a multi-year agreement on high-performance computing, a deal that seems to leave rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in the lurch.

  • Sapphire when ready for laser chips

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

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  • 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.

  • Scientists team up for nanotube breakthrough

    Researchers at Stanford and UC Berkeley have come up with a way to grow carbon nanotubes on silicon wafers and to test the nanotubes, which could help pave the way for carbon chips.

  • Taiwanese chipmakers pool research

    Twelve companies are combining silicon know-how in a bid to boost the country's chip competitiveness in a cutthroat global market.

  • AMD revs up transistor designs

    Researchers at Advanced Micro Devices report significant new design techniques that the company says will lead--eventually--to higher chip performance.

  • Organic robot mixes rat brain with silicon

    A new experimental device combines biology and electronics to investigate the wetware in our heads.

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