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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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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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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Montalvo Systems has a multi-core chip, but not all of the cores are the same. That in part explains why investors have put money into it.
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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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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.    Devices built with the rugged material would not require cooling and other protections that add size, weight and cost to traditional silicon electronics in power systems, jet engines, rockets, wireless transmitters and other equipment exposed to harsh environments...
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The company's latest silicon chip development could open up exciting new markets.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. - The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said worldwide sales of semiconductors rose to $18.2 billion in August, exceeding expectations of $18 billion (see Tuesday, Sept.
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A breakthrough technology is generating hyper growth.
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Growth driven by consumer electronics biz World chip sales totalled $247.7bn last year, the US-centric Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said late Friday. Alas that's below the SIA's own full-year sales forecast of $248.8bn, a prediction made only last November.â¦
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We&#39;ve known about &quot;strained silicon&quot; for a while--but now there&#39;s a better way to do it. Straining silicon improves chip performance.
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We zero in on some of the best investment ideas in the chip sector.
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Developing a new use for the material that's already the foundation of the computer chip industry, Intel Corp. researchers have built a continuously shining silicon laser that could drive down the cost of optical networking.
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A breakthrough in the way scientists make crystals could lead to a replacement for silicon as the basis for making chips in electronic devices.
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Photovoltaics made of nanowires could power small devices and lead to cheaper solar panels.
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THE global semiconductor business slumped during the second half of the year - although overall 2004 brought a 23% increase in revenue in the industry amounting to $218bn (Â£112bn), according to analysts at researchers Gartner Dataquest yesterday.
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Orbiting hotels, transatlantic tunnels, android armies -- these are all technically feasible projects given today's technology, if you just have a big enough budget. But how big exactly? Wired's Rob Beschizza does the math.