Silicon: it's worth a billion an acre
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Fashions come and go, but some of the equations in the chip business never change, says Gordon Moore.
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Companies will use strained silicon to boost transistor speed.
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AMD and Infineon are to spend â¬170m ($200m) between them to build a nanotech research facility. According to a Bloomberg report, the R&amp;D centre will be located in Dresden, Germany, probably not far from
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For decades, computer performance has been driven largely by the increasing numbers of ever-smaller transistors squeezed into the machines' silicon brains. With each generation, speeds jumped and prices dropped.
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Move over silicon chips, there is a new semiconductor king on the horizon. Silicon carbide&#39;s (SiC) potential has been known since the 1950&#39;s, but the properties that make is attractive also make it hard to work with.
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In an advance that could lead to lighter spacecraft and smarter cars, researchers have developed a new technique for producing a high-quality semiconductor that's much more resistant to extreme conditions than the silicon found in most of today's electronics.
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The Semiconductor Industry Association, based in San Jose, Calif., says worldwide sales of semiconductors grew 1.1 percent to $18.
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Myriad Genetics' innovative technology creates an investment opportunity.
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Semiconductor chips that can manage a good bit of their own upkeep are moving closer to reality.
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New Japanese research into silicon carbide growth could revolutionise the electronics industry. A team of scientists has developed a method of making near-perfect silicon carbide crystals.
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The investors are looking beyond Silicon Valley, and beyond the Internet and biotech.
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No.1 maker of chips used in cell phones announces $1B stock repurchase and raises payout nearly 18%. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Texas Instruments, the world&#39;s largest maker of chips used in cell phones, announced
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Investor's Business Daily - Nanotechnology may soon improve battery life, according to Stanford researchers, who demonstrated how it can make lithium batteries -- popularly used to power iPods, laptops and cell phones -- last 10 times longer. The new method using silicon nanowires could yield an option for electric cars or solar panels to store more electricity. The researchers said the lab technique could be scaled up for mass production and are considering forming a company or agreement with a battery manufacturer.
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The computing technologies to go beyond Moore's Law
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By Richard Orange, The Business, London  Feb. 24--It is more than 40 years since Gordon E. Moore, the co-founder  of Intel, first observed that the number of transistors that could be crammed  onto a computer chip doubles roughly every two years.
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It's the most precious commodity on the planet, but is it a good investment?
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A new faster version &#39;strained silicon&#39; has been developed by IBM and AMD. The companies are claiming that the resulting transistors are up to 24 per cent faster than existing processes.