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IBM spins nanotubes, wire and graphene

IBM spins nanotubes, wire and graphene

...IBM describes as the first 8-inch graphene Field Effect Transistor (FET) wafer: it is in fact almost entirely silicon, with a single layer of... Read more

8 December, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins

AMD rejigs GlobalFoundries wafer supply agreement

...to encourage the manufacturer to increase the consistency of its 32nm silicon wafer production. Under the amended Wafer Supply Agreement (WSA), announced on Sunday, AMD... Read more

4 April, 2011 by Jack Clark

AMD sheds stake in GlobalFoundries

...cloud server market.Under the new deal with GlobalFoundries, AMD renegotiated its wafer pricing. In 2012, AMD will buy wafers under a "take or pay... Read more

6 March, 2012 by Larry Dignan

Solar Junction claims solar-cell efficiency record

...peak efficiency of 43.5 percent, topping previous records. A Solar Junction wafer of high-efficiency solar cells. Credit: Solar Junction The San Jose, California... Read more

15 April, 2011 by Martin LaMonica

TSMC breaks ground on $9.3bn 'Gigafab'

...to increase TSMC's fabrication capacity by over 100,000 12-inch wafers per month, the company said. That makes it significant to the supply... Read more

20 July, 2010 by Jack Clark
<endeca_term>Wafers</endeca_term> for iPad 1.1

Wafers for iPad 1.1

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25 August, 2010
<endeca_term>Wafers</endeca_term> 1.3

Wafers 1.3

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24 August, 2010

IBM builds complete circuit from graphene

...Photo credit: IBM On Friday, the company announced its researchers have used wafer-thin graphene to build a broadband frequency mixer circuit. This near-ubiquitous... Read more

11 June, 2011 by Lucy Sherriff

Intel invests in fuel cell charger development

...an undisclosed amount in Wilmington, Massachusetts-based Lilliputian and will produce silicon wafers for its first planned fuel cell. The portable fuel cell, about the... Read more

17 November, 2010 by Martin LaMonica
Apple MacBook Pro Winter 2011 (13in.)

Apple MacBook Pro Winter 2011 (13in.)

Despite retaining the same price and look as last year's model, the new 13in. MacBook Pro's significant CPU updates and fantastic battery life make it one of the top notebooks we've reviewed, provided you can live with passable integrated graphics. Read more

2 March, 2011 by Scott Stein

Hydrogen could be key to logic for graphene oxide

...stack of graphene that was grown on top of a silicon carbide wafer. They oxidised it using a mixture of sulphuric acid, sodium nitrate and... Read more

23 May, 2012
How does graphene work?

How does graphene work?

...tunnelling transistor, he explained, when they are placed on an oxidised silicon wafer. The wafer acts as an electrostatic gate, so the whole set-up... Read more

13 June, 2011 by Lucy Sherriff
Intel shows off 3D Tri-Gate transistors

Intel shows off 3D Tri-Gate transistors

...president and general manager of Intel's architecture group, holds a silicon wafer produced using the new 22nm 3D manufacturing process.Photo credit: James Martin... Read more

5 May, 2011 by James Martin
Bletchley museum treasures vintage tech

Bletchley museum treasures vintage tech

...Anamartic wafer memory One of the ironies of computer memory is that multiple chips... Read more

2 May, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins
Sonim XP3300 Force

Sonim XP3300 Force

Despite some design flaws, Sonim's new XP3300 Force is a cut above previous rugged models. Read more

23 February, 2011 by Jessica Dolcourt

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

2 hours ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

9 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

9 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

11 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

13 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

14 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

14 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

15 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

17 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

18 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

19 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

20 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

20 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

22 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

22 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

1 day ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

1 day ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

2 days ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry