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Samsung draws logic-worthy on/off ratio from graphene

...mobility and so on that make it such an alluring prospect for chip designers bumping into the physical limits of silicon, it has no band... Read more

22 May, 2012

ARM launches 28nm quad-core chip for notebooks

...it possible to develop products more quickly. "For SoC [system-on-a-chip] designers looking to make a trade-off between the flexibility offered by... Read more

18 April, 2012

Silicon nanowires give Moore's Law some breathing space

...researchers say. The breakthrough could mean a bit of breathing space for chip designers, who would have expected to run into weird quantum effects (loss... Read more

17 January, 2012
Smartphones power shift to smarter cars

Smartphones power shift to smarter cars

...for chip designersThe automotive industry has always been an important market for chip designers and manufacturers, but as the big automotive companies look to align... Read more

18 January, 2011 by Gary Atkinson

New platform gives ARM-based chips a leg up

...consortium said in its announcement on Monday that the platform will give chip designers a path to the latest production technologies without their having to... Read more

15 June, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins

Chip designers paint a brighter picture

Chip designers bucked the semiconductor slump of 2001, increasing revenues from sales of... Read more

1 May, 2002 by John G.Spooner

Chip designers voyage to voltage island

If by chance a group of chip designers were left alone in a room, their conversation would most likely... Read more

10 June, 2002 by John G.Spooner

Mobile-chip designers to incorporate better security

Texas Instruments and ARM are teaming up to improve security on mobile handsets, after the first virus targeting the sector was discovered Read more

30 June, 2004 by Ben Charny

Chip designers' Dream Team: 10GHz or bust

Processor speeds just keep going up and up Read more

15 February, 2001 by John G.Spooner

Does Intel own the future?

...t understand what it had been given. Worse, Intel's bright young chip designers didn't realise they didn't understand. Today, at the very... Read more

8 July, 2001 by Guy Kewney

Sun and Fujitsu to boost Sparc speed

The chip designers promise greatly improved performance with two new Sparc models Read more

11 October, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

Intel sees Moore's Law wall ahead

...beauty of our paper is that it is independent of materials." Theoretically, chip designers could squeeze the size a bit more. "You could probably go... Read more

2 December, 2003 by Michael Kanellos

Start-up trials mobile video-editing chip

...apply an effect. The interaction will be pretty straightforward." With headquarters and chip designers in Dublin, software development in Romania, and sales, marketing and manufacturing... Read more

20 October, 2008 by Rupert Goodwins

Apple may spurn Intel for next-gen MacBook

...chips back in the day. Apple recently acquired a large number of chip designers from PA Semi, but Steve Jobs has said they are working... Read more

29 July, 2008 by Tom Krazit
Microsoft is not alone in chip woes

Microsoft is not alone in chip woes

...get permanently damaged by even a slight negative input. From time immemorial, chip designers have guarded against this by clamp diodes, fast-acting switches on... Read more

16 June, 2008 by Rupert Goodwins

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