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The Man Behind the Microchip review
Reviews For The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley, Leslie Berlin managed to gain access to personal letters and family memorabilia as well as Intel archives; he also conducted many interviews with members of Noyce...
[August 3, 2006, 16:45]
Telescope microchip could aid quantum research
News Dr Hai (Harris) Le, project manager and chief designer, holding the microchip on a ballpoint pen A research collaboration between Australia's La Trobe University's Centre for Technology Infusion, Peregrine Semiconductor Australia and the CSIRO's...
[January 9, 2008, 9:15]
Malaysian govt buys identity microchip
News The government has acquired intellectual property rights to the chip -- now dubbed the Malaysian Microchip (MM) -- from Japanese research and development (R&D) company FEC, which designed it. The made-in-Malaysia microchip measuring 0.5 mm X 0.5 mm...
[September 8, 2003, 11:00]
The Man Behind the Microchip
Member Review This is a highly detailed, densely packed portrait not only of Intel co-founder Robert Noyce, but also of the science and technology he helped create. A great read.
[August 3, 2006, 16:28]
Putting your brain on a microchip
Talkback Why only last week this time I was looking at what was marketed as a Flash card dock with a SATA strap; only problem was finding a component to fit the application in the retail store.funny how everything leads back to high prices and internet...
[May 18, 2006, 1:03]
Putting your brain on a microchip
News To Jeff Hawkins, today's projects in cognitive computing take him back to the early days of mobile computing. When the mobile company he co-founded, Palm Computing, was getting off the ground in 1992, the industry was called "the mother of all...
[May 12, 2006, 11:35]
Slowdown predicted for microchip business
News A Silicon Valley analyst firm has warned that a serious downturn could hit the microprocessor market in the next six months. Advanced Forecasting (AFI), which issues quantitative projections for the semiconductor and related industries, warned...
[August 16, 2000, 11:52]
Chips weigh heavily on environment
News The production of a microchip requires a hefty amount of materials, energy and water, and has an environmental impact that far outweighs its miniature size, according to a study. Because it's so small, the microchip has been upheld by many in the...
[November 13, 2002, 8:25]
Plastic microchips ahead
News Researchers at Cambridge University are developing cheap microchip technology using plastic that some pundits believe could lead to a revolution within the processor industry. While a plant for manufacturing silicon microprocessors costs billions...
[November 27, 2000, 11:05]
Next-gen phones and gadgets to spur economic growth
News The worldwide microchip industry will continue to boom for the next two years, in response to the introduction of next generation mobile devices and Internet anywhere technologies, according to a revised forecast from analyst firm Dataquest.
[October 9, 2000, 10:34]
Is the VeriChip Friend or Foe?
White Papers VeriChip is a subsidiary of Applied Digital and provides state-of-the-art RFID microchip solutions that identify, locate, and protect people, their assets, and their environments. From the world's first and only FDA-cleared, human-implantable RFID...
[November 16, 2006, 0:00]
Exploring the human-machine frontier
News The aim of the microchip is to stimulate any of the retina cells that have not totally degenerated to start functioning again. Motown veteran Stevie Wonder, who has been blind since birth, is to undergo surgery to have a microchip inserted into his...
[December 28, 1999, 6:00]
China reveals massive smart ID card plan
News The embedded microchip in the plastic card stores an individual's personal information, which can be read and checked against databases kept by China's security authorities. It stores citizen data, such as identity card numbers, passport...
[August 13, 2003, 16:05]
Orchid Technologies Engineering & Consulting Case Study: Elevator Controller
White Papers Drawing on Technology from AMD and Microchip Technology, Orchid fashioned an AMD AM80188ER primary control board, and a Microchip PIC16C923 based slave processor. The design of Elevator Control Systems presents a unique mix of sophisticated...
[August 1, 2009, 1:21]
Audio Noise Reduction Controller High Volume Consumer Electronics
White Papers Orchid Technologies selected the Microchip PIC16LF72-I/SS controller for its ability to function reliably at voltages down to 1.80 Volts DC. Careful Microchip PIC Pin selection coupled with precise leakage current analysis and an innovative boot...
[August 3, 2009, 0:00]
A Year Ago: Exploring the human-machine frontier
News The aim of the microchip is to stimulate any of the retina cells that have not totally degenerated to start functioning again. Motown veteran Stevie Wonder, who has been blind since birth, is to undergo surgery to have a microchip inserted into his...
[December 28, 2000, 6:03]
RIAA sues 261 swappers
Talkback IBM got away with it on a technicality and spent thousand of dollers prooving that the proccesor they used was infact designed by engineers who had not been aware of a previous microchip that was protected by copyright law.
[September 22, 2003, 1:13]
Europe speeds up electronic ID plans
News The proposal states: "The most appropriate storage medium is a contactless microchip. The microchip is necessary for the storage of the biometric information and the security code (PKI digital signature)".
[October 23, 2003, 15:40]
Microsoft adds RFID to stock management software
News The way it works is that RFID "tags", which contain a special radio frequency-emitting microchip, are attached to each carton or box of goods. The microchip wirelessly broadcasts information about itself, such as its location and its origin.
[January 26, 2004, 14:55]
IBM to cool layered chips with water
News Scientists from the IBM Zurich Research Lab and the Fraunhofer Institute in Berlin are working on a microchip that uses micropipes of water to cool itself, IBM announced on Thursday. The chip's components are built in a 3D stack instead of side by...
[June 5, 2008, 16:22]
