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ARM and TSMC plan 20nm system-on-a-chip production

The companies have signed a long-term deal to help them get better speed and power performance from ARM's Cortex designs Read more

21 July, 2010 by David Meyer

Transmeta's woes continue

The chipmaker, which is considering ceasing production entirely, has announced that it is to discontinue two chip lines and has warned of massive staff cuts if it does not find a strategic partner soon Read more

24 January, 2005 by Michael Kanellos

Sony looks in-house for chip boost

Sony is to invest $576m in its own chip factories in order to boost the competitiveness of its products Read more

22 December, 2004 by Richard Shim

TI to outsource chip production

Texas Instruments is to shift processor manufacturing to outsourced companies, but Sun says its chips will be unaffected Read more

20 May, 2002 by Stephen Shankland

Intel sets production date for Sandy Bridge

...which will transition from a 32nm process to 22nm, will go into chip production by the end of 2010, Intel has confirmed Read more

13 April, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Copper a perfect fit for speedy chips

Chip production is moving to the use of copper as the demand for... Read more

1 October, 2001 by Michael Kanellos

Chip breakthrough for Motorola and Siemens

...Siemens and Motorola claims to have made a breakthrough in reducing memory chip production costs Read more

12 February, 1999 by Marc Ambasna Jones

Intel accelerates 32nm processor plans

...said it was spending $7bn (£4.8bn) over two years across four chip-production sites in the US. Intel's first 32nm processor will have... Read more

10 February, 2009 by Rupert Goodwins

Intel gets systematic

Intel has formed a new design and development group for 'SoC enablement'. That's System on Chip – in other words, making... Read more

17 December, 2007
Ndiyo: Sharing PCs to bridge the digital divide

Ndiyo: Sharing PCs to bridge the digital divide

...ago. It is developing chip sets and is going into full-scale chip production. As the scale of that builds up then we can offer... Read more

23 November, 2006 by Andrew Donoghue

Stirring things up in the US chip industry

...of that buzz back to the US. The US share of worldwide chip production has fallen to 15 percent of the world's total, which... Read more

10 July, 2006 by Tom Krazit

Hynix sees semiconductor profits plummet

...demand would increase in the second quarter of 2006 as 8Gb NAND chip production processes bring down prices, and demand for chips in mobiles increases... Read more

20 April, 2006 by Tom Espiner

AMD details Opteron upgrade plans

...plans to begin its move to a 65nm process; Intel started 65nm chip production in 2005. Also coming with the Rev F chips will be... Read more

7 March, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

Quantum dots lead to entanglement breakthrough

...has many possible uses in encryption, communication, quantum computing, medical imaging and chip production. "The device is important for two reasons. Firstly, it's fabricated... Read more

11 January, 2006 by Rupert Goodwins

Dual core shoot-out: Intel versus AMD

...is largely due to AMD's optimised 90nm SoI (Silicon on Insulator) chip production process, which minimises current leakage – and therefore heat output -- from transistors... Read more

3 November, 2005 by Kai Schmerer

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