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IBM unveils chip tech for better power control

...consumer companies looking to deliver mobile entertainment," Michael Cadigan, general manager of IBM's microelectronics division, said in a statement. The new chips can deliver... Read more

17 September, 2010 by Jack Clark

Does Moore's Law no longer apply?

...be extremely fast, says Russell Lange, director of Silicon Technology Strategy for IBM's Microelectronics Division, but if it does not have data to process... Read more

9 February, 2000 by John Spooner

IBM hatches plans for superprocessor

...of performing 1 trillion operations, or calculations, per second, the company said. IBM's Microelectronics division is also working on the project and is likely... Read more

27 August, 2003 by Michael Kanellos

IBM plans more Linux-powered PDAs

IBM's Microelectronics division announced on Tuesday it will offer a PDA blueprint... Read more

22 January, 2003 by John G.Spooner

IBM to unleash new PowerPC chip

...desktops, and 64-bit software, used on high-end servers. Engineers from IBM's Microelectronics division will disclose the details of the new chip for... Read more

14 October, 2002 by John G.Spooner

IBM to hit 1GHz with PowerPC chip

...of generations of performance," said Bijan Davari, vice president of technology for IBM's microelectronics division. "It delivers the best performance per power [consumption] ratio... Read more

15 October, 2001 by John G.Spooner

IBM claims fastest Unix workstation

...Model 170 sports a new and faster 450MHz Power3 II processor from IBM's Microelectronics Division. The chip offers 64-bit addressing and uses IBM... Read more

29 December, 2000 by John G.Spooner

A Year Ago: IBM finds gold in copper

...also drop down power," said Bill O'Leary, director of communications at IBM's Microelectronics Division. But even with IBM's latest copper chip, and... Read more

25 September, 2000 by John G.Spooner

Exclusive: Transmeta flirting with AMD and 1GHz

...IBM and Toshiba That Transmeta is working with IBM is no secret. IBM's Microelectronics division is currently manufacturing Transmeta's Crusoe chips. However, IBM... Read more

21 August, 2000 by Charles Cooper and John G.Spooner

Has Transmeta's chip finally come in?

Transmeta inks a major deal with Gateway and AOL which promises to put its Crusoe chip on the map. And that may be just the beginning Read more

31 May, 2000 by John G.Spooner

IBM adds zip to PowerPC chips

...substrate on transistor performance" said IBM Fellow Russ Lange, chief technologist of IBM's Microelectronics Division. By reducing this drag -- known to chip designers as... Read more

23 May, 2000 by John G.Spooner

Copper supercharges supercomputers

Deep Blue meet Deep Copper. Copper chip technology enables IBM to increase its supercomputer performance by 20 percent Read more

10 February, 2000 by John G.Spooner

Taking chips to 10GHz ... and beyond

Want a PC that's 100 times more powerful than a 1,000MHz desktop? Then meet the army of microprocessor engineers hell bent on breaking the 10GHz barrier Read more

7 February, 2000 by John G.Spooner

IBM finds gold in copper

...also drop down power," said Bill O'Leary, director of communications at IBM's Microelectronics Division. But even with IBM's latest copper chip, and... Read more

24 September, 1999 by John G.Spooner

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