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Barrett extends silicon roadmap
News Barrett predicted that traditional chipmaking technology will permit features as small as 5nm to be used on processors. Moore's Law will boost chip abilities for many years to come, Intel CEO Craig Barrett predicted on Tuesday.
[March 2, 2005, 9:30]
Chipmakers face massive consolidation
News Now, increasing costs and scale of chipmaking will drive the industry toward consolidation, Gartner said. The semiconductor industry will consolidate, with nearly 40 percent of today's chip vendors disappearing over the next few years, market...
[September 16, 2004, 9:40]
AMD plans to remain thorn in Intel's side
News It's also working on new transistors and new chipmaking techniques that will let it continue to boost chip performance through 2005 and beyond, company representatives said on Monday. If chipmaker AMD has its way, it will continue as its crosstown...
[December 10, 2002, 9:37]
IBM to hit 1GHz with PowerPC chip
News This combines recent chipmaking innovations -- including copper wires, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology and low-capacitance dielectrics -- with a 130-nanometer (0.13-micron) manufacturing process.
[October 15, 2001, 10:35]
Linksys soups-up Wi-Fi offering
News The feature is based on multiple-in, multiple-out technology from chipmaking start-up Airgo Networks. Networking gear maker Linksys is incorporating a new technology that expands the range of its Wi-Fi products up to three times and the speed up to...
[January 5, 2005, 8:55]
Intel sells hard drive unit to Adaptec
News The chipmaking giant spent more than $11bn (about £6.6bn) on acquiring more than 35 companies during a three-year period in order to expand its revenue sources beyond the PC. Intel sold ICP Vortex, a subsidiary that specialises in cards for...
[June 13, 2003, 10:03]
Chipmakers to debut low-power Wi-Fi
News Broadcom is expected to announce a single-chip Wi-Fi product, while Philips Semiconductors, the chipmaking division of Royal Philips Electronics, will introduce a combined package of two Wi-Fi chips, which is still considerably smaller than...
[September 8, 2003, 12:15]
Lawsuit targets PS2 chip
News The patent covers advanced chipmaking technologies and has been licensed by a number of technology companies, according to the WARF representative, who said Sony and Toshiba have so far declined to obtain a licence.
[October 28, 2003, 9:05]
Chipmakers stop Wi-Fi sales to China
News Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy said Wednesday that while his company and others have looked at the technology, the chipmaking giant has not figured out a satisfactory way to incorporate the standard into its existing line of Wi-Fi chips.
[March 11, 2004, 13:30]
AMD offers Linux simulator for 64-bit chips
News And chipmaking heavyweight Intel is aggressively helping Linux programmers embrace its 64-bit chip, the much-delayed Itanium. Advanced Micro Devices has released a Linux version of a simulator application to help programmers write software for its...
[January 31, 2001, 16:49]
HP uses nanotechnology for new circuit
News HP scientists believe the use these circuits built with nanotechnology, in concert with current chipmaking technology, will extend the boundaries of conventional semiconductors and result in higher performance processors or memory chips with more...
[September 10, 2002, 6:27]
Chip gear manufacturers look forward to bumper year
News The gear makers are benefiting as their chipmaking customers see their own upswing in sales. Worldwide revenue for makers of semiconductor manufacturing equipment is projected to grow 40 percent this year, building on the 10 percent growth recorded...
[April 9, 2004, 20:45]
Intel launch event to include Merom
News The three chips form the basis of Intel's most competitive product lineup in years, and all are based on a new chipmaking architecture. With the hubbub surrounding its Core 2 Duo processor, Intel isn't going to waste any time just focusing on...
[July 24, 2006, 8:50]
Sony to make handheld game device
News The PSP will have a screen capable of showing 3D images, stereo sound, USB 2.0 connectivity and a custom processor built on cutting-edge 90-nanometre chipmaking technology. After winning the battle for the living room, Sony now wants your pockets.
[May 14, 2003, 7:54]
Nvidia to debut workstation chip
News The GeForce FX, expected to become available to consumers in March, has been the subject of repeated delays, mostly linked to Nvidia's shift to a more efficient 0.13-micron chipmaking process. Graphics chip leader Nvidia plans to announce on...
[January 21, 2003, 14:11]
Intel set to overhaul Pentium 4 by 2005
News In the second half of 2003, the company will release "Prescott," a Pentium 4 variant that will feature a new security system and "strained silicon," a chipmaking method that speeds up transistors. Intel is working on a major overhaul of the Pentium...
[October 9, 2002, 8:52]
Intel to open chip plant in China
News The decision to concentrate on chipsets, rather than flash memory or processors, derives from US regulations that prevent domestic companies from bringing cutting-edge chipmaking equipment to China. Intel has announced that it will open a wafer...
[March 26, 2007, 9:00]
Intel uses EUV tool to speed chips
News Moore's Law, formulated by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, has to do with the pace of chipmaking advances. Chipmaker Intel has ordered a test version of a new tool it says will allow the company to hurdle an impending industry-killing roadblock and...
[April 23, 2002, 8:22]
Intel hits back over AMD lawsuit
News Intel was able to stare down an antitrust lawsuit Intergraph filed against the chipmaking giant back in 2000. Intel chief executive Paul Otellini on Wednesday defended his company against new legal attacks from AMD.
[June 30, 2005, 9:35]
Fear and loathing in the face of DRAMs
News It is already attempting to diversify into made-to-order chipmaking, away from the profitless bulk market. Fujitsu president Naoyuki Akikusa told the Jiji news agency: "We will take a more cautious approach toward DRAMs.
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