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IBM saves chipmaking kit from an early bath
News IBM Research has come up with a way to draw lines in silicon 29.9nm apart with existing chipmaking machines, far closer than on today's chips, a development that could help cut the cost of making chips in the future.
[February 20, 2006, 15:35]
Group aims for quicker chipmaking fixes
News Currently, when a piece of chipmaking equipment acts up, the chipmaker needs to dispatch a technician--one of its own or a representative from the company that built the machinery--to the factory floor to look at the problem firsthand.
[December 24, 2001, 11:13]
IBM to spend $5bn on chipmaking
News IBM will make capital investments worth $5bn to support its semiconductor business around the world, expanding facilities in Vermont and Japan, and building a new chipmaking plant in New York. Demand is white-hot in three critical segments -- chips...
[October 10, 2000, 15:01]
IBM saves chipmaking kit from an early bath
Talkback Interesting article, but PLEASE hire a proof reader -- there is no excuse for sloppiness like this.
[February 20, 2006, 20:09]
IBM scraps 600 jobs from chip unit
News Amid continued sluggishness in its chipmaking business, IBM has cut more than 600 jobs, with most of the losses affecting a plant in Vermont. In addition, Big Blue is requiring a number of employees in its chipmaking unit, including top executives...
[August 19, 2003, 13:35]
Chipmakers agree to sponsor cancer research
News A chipmaking trade group said on Thursday that it would sponsor a far-reaching study on cancer risks in semiconductor manufacturing facilities, after years of calls for such an effort by industry critics.
[March 19, 2004, 9:00]
Samsung to share IBM's chips
News Samsung said on Friday that it has simultaneously licensed Big Blue's chipmaking technology, signed on to use IBM Microelectronics' chip foundry service, and joined an IBM-backed partnership focused on future chip-manufacturing processes.
[March 8, 2004, 9:30]
Chip equipment makers feel Intel aftershocks
News In addition, Intel said it is going to take delivery of an extra $500 million in chipmaking equipment that it hadn't expected to be able to get its hands on until next year. In particular, there has been a slowdown in orders from Taiwan foundries...
[December 8, 2000, 11:21]
Intel extends desktop virtualisation
News While VT is currently found in some of Intel's Xeon processors, this is the first time that the chipmaking giant has extended the technology to the desktop. The feature is one of the chipmaking giant's extensions sometimes referred to as a "Star Ts...
[November 14, 2005, 17:20]
Xilinx approaches 90-nanometre goal
News Xilinx is one of the first few chipmakers to start down the road toward the chipmaking milestone -- mass production of the 90-nanometre chip. Moving to a smaller nanometre chipmaking process -- such as from 130- to 90-nanometres as IBM is doing for...
[April 1, 2003, 10:55]
Intel may start making chips in China
News Numerous organisations, including The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times, reported on Tuesday that Intel and the Chinese government have signed an agreement that would see Intel build a $2.5bn chipmaking plant in the northeast port city...
[March 14, 2007, 9:07]
New Wi-Fi chips mix standards
News Philips Semiconductor, the chipmaking division of Philips, emphasised the range of its new chips. A recently announced delay from Intel of its entry into the Wi-Fi chipmaking market is giving rival chipmakers some breathing room, as many expect...
[September 16, 2003, 10:05]
Intel and the trickle-down effect
News But there's more: Intel also said it is going to take delivery of an extra $500m in chipmaking equipment it hadn't expected to be able to get its hands on until next year. In particular, there has been a slowdown in orders from Taiwan foundries...
[December 8, 2000, 15:46]
IBM to produce Nvidia chips
News IBM is rivalled only by Intel in its chipmaking technology and research and development prowess. The restructuring, which took place last summer, sought to expand the Microelectronics chipmaking division into a manufacturing and design services arm.
[March 26, 2003, 7:39]
RIM picks Intel for future BlackBerrys
News For example, an Intel representative said the chipmaking giant's involvement in the next-generation Palm Treo smart phone will continue to use the two-year-old Intel PXA270 family of processors, code-named Bulverde.
[September 28, 2005, 9:45]
Intel: One step closer to 10GHz
News Intel executives said that despite requiring the new molybdenum silicide coating, EUV photomasks will be able to use most of the same manufacturing tools as used in its current chipmaking facilities, saving time and development costs.
[March 9, 2001, 8:38]
Xbox chips augment Nvidia results
News Manufacturing costs for the GeForce FX continue to be high, however, due to challenges associated with adopting new chipmaking technologies. Nvidia recently signed a contract with IBM for chipmaking services.
[August 8, 2003, 15:05]
IBM and Infineon to shake up memory market?
News By the end of next year or early 2002, it should be clear whether the technology can be scaled down enough to make it feasible and whether the magnetic material can be worked into traditional chipmaking processes, Davari said.
[December 7, 2000, 8:53]
Cell processor unveiled
News The chip will have 234 million transistors, measure 221mm2 and be produced using advanced 90nm chipmaking processes. Peter Glaskowsky, a consultant at research company The Envisioneering Group, said he expects Cell production to shift to a 65nm...
[February 8, 2005, 9:05]
IBM revs 2GHz PowerPC chip
News IBM will use its chipmaking tricks, such as silicon on insulator (SOI), to decrease power consumption. IBM's new chips will utilize IBM's CMOS 9S, a forthcoming manufacturing process that combines a number of chipmaking advances.
[May 11, 2001, 7:53]
