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Scientists create brain-like computing component

...the output of a calculation. The scientists pounded the phase-change alloys — germanium-antimony-tellurium and silver-indium-antimony-tellurium — with pulses of laser light... Read more

27 June, 2011 by Jack Clark

Researchers detail programmable nanoprocessor

...of the future." Each nanowire is built from a 10-nanometre diameter germanium nanowire core and a two-nanometre thick silicon shell. The nanowires can... Read more

11 February, 2011 by Jack Clark

IBM adds light to chips for terabit speeds

...years' work by IBM research, IBM said. One key advancement was the Germanium avalanche photodetector, which was shown in March. The initial goal of the... Read more

2 December, 2010 by Jack Clark

After silicon: What will power computing for the next 10 years and beyond?

...scenarios. Optical computing components have already been manufactured, using materials such as germanium, but chipmakers have of course been holding out for integration with their... Read more

11 November, 2010 by Natasha Lomas
Elektor Electronic Toolbox - Classic 3.12.02

Elektor Electronic Toolbox - Classic 3.12.02

...compare types The transistor database includes data such as NPN/PNP, silicon/germanium, Ptot, Vcbo, Icmax, etc. Diagrams are provided for transistor housings, indicating base... Read more

1 April, 2012
Transistors Handbook 1.0

Transistors Handbook 1.0

...of the transistors is about the complete catalogue of the Silicon and Germanium. The series included are:, PNP and NPN, series 10 ~ 12, 14 ~ 19... Read more

27 October, 2011
Over 50 Exciting Electronics Experiments 1.1

Over 50 Exciting Electronics Experiments 1.1

...in this field began 35 years ago with the good old AC125 germanium transistors, and ever since he has been pursuing electronics as a hobby... Read more

5 March, 2011
Initial Results of Prototyping a 3-D Integrated Intra-Chip Free-Space Optical Interconnect

Initial Results of Prototyping a 3-D Integrated Intra-Chip Free-Space Optical Interconnect

...bandwidth. A board-level prototype for technology demonstration is built using fabricated germanium photodetectors, micro-lenses, commercial Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs), and micro... Read more

23 November, 2010

Chip breaks speed record in deep freeze

...part of a project to explore the ultimate speed limits of silicon-germanium (SiGe) chips. SiGe chips are similar to standard silicon chips, but they... Read more

20 June, 2006 by Michael Kanellos

IBM gives silicon germanium chips a speed boost

...announce the availability of its fourth generation of chips based on silicon germanium technology on Friday. The new semiconductors, named 8HP and 8WL, are twice... Read more

5 August, 2005 by Marguerite Reardon

IBM hits a chip milestone

...milestone recently when it shipped its 100 millionth chip made with silicon germanium technology. Silicon germanium, or SiGe, technology can boost performance and reduce the... Read more

22 May, 2002 by John G.Spooner

Motorola: New chip will bring GPS to all

...with IBM to manufacture the new chip using Big Blue's silicon germanium chipmaking process. Silicon germanium, or SiGe, technology can boost performance and reduce... Read more

24 September, 2002 by John G.Spooner

IBM readies speedy new chips

Big Blue says the fastest silicon transistors it's ever made are ready to appear on chips that will greatly speed up computer networks Read more

25 February, 2002 by John G.Spooner

IBM turns up the transistor heat

...developed the world's fastest silicon transistor. IBM has refined its silicon-germanium chip-manufacturing technology to produce transistors that are far thinner than others... Read more

25 June, 2001 by Ian Fried

IBM and RF to build diddy phones?

...to develop radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on IBM's silicon germanium (SiGe) technology. The project is expected to reduce the number of chips... Read more

15 October, 1999 by Dave Wilby

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