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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.

• HP: For circuits, swap silicon for molecules

  With a recent breakthrough in making circuits with molecules, Hewlett-Packard hopes to change chip history and expand its own role in the process.

• 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.

• Nanotechnology makes small the new big

  The world's smallest hard drives have already shrunk to the size of a postage stamp, but nanoscale computing may soon make that achievement look elephantine, say some of the stars of information technology.

• Intel to throttle power by enhancing silicon

  Intel will try to further cut power consumption in its next generation of chips by using improved strained silicon, along with transistors that block power to other circuits, and other added features.

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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.

• 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.

• Photos: Dissecting a dinosaur, the Commodore 64

  Marvel at the machine that pioneered the person computer revolution; the Commodore 64. In this photo gallery we reveal the guts that gave the Commodore 64 its glory, why not nose in for some nostalgia?

• Photos: Inside an iPod Touch

  Follow along as our daring surgeons dive inside this year's hottest personal media player.

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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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Organic robot mixes rat brain with silicon

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

• Apple iPod Nano (4th generation)

  Apple has set the Nano back on track with the thinnest, lightest design yet, and has features that are hard to ignore.

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