Chip makers seek new technology
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We're used to computers becoming obsolete almost as soon as they leave the store because of rapid advances in chip technology, but the whole science of silicon chips is starting to show its age.
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A fundamental change in the design of microprocessors is presenting software developers with a challenge &#151; and a huge financial opportunity.
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Developments in silicon carbide wafers may lead to a new world of fast, robust electronics.
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A maker of software tools has made it possible to route lines diagonally for semiconductor chips, which will add to the speed, efficiency and performance of a generation of smaller chips.
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A smaller and more efficient design could help the chipmaker better compete.
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Researchers at IBM IBM.N and  Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD.N have improved a chip-making  technology called strained silicon, boosting  semiconductor  performance at a time when such gains are increasingly hard to  come by, the companies said on Sunday.
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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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As the chip industry heats up, this is the company to watch.
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Engineers from IBM, AMD, Sony and Toshiba have developed a strained silicon transistor technology aimed at improving processor performance and power efficiency with up to a 24 percent transistor speed increase.
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Chip-making technique to fuel AMD64, PowerPC, 'Cell' production
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A breakthrough in the way scientists make crystals could lead to a replacement for silicon in chips for devices.
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Advanced Micro Devices and IBM have collaborated on new strained silicon technology, which stands to boost transistor speed. In a statement ahead of the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting in San Francisco
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A competing chip from rival Advanced Micro Devices will likely arrive several months earlier.
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The chipmaker says its new method allows extraneous silicon to be utilized rather than discarded.
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Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., a leading Chinese computer chip maker, plans to begin supplying chips using more advanced technology to major clients such as Texas Instruments Inc. beginning next year, the companies said Friday.
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Upcoming chips will lead to relatively inexpensive hardware, company says.
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Revamp adds more oomph to a lineup that has sometimes proved trying for the chipmaker.