12.08.17 Gadgetry MIT is redesigning power converters to make the grid more efficient This new design could benefit everything from electric cars to data centers and huge power grids. By N. Ingraham, 12.08.17 save Save share
08.13.17 08.13.17 in Personal Computing Super-thin semiconductors delay the 'death' of silicon You could get 10 times more transistors than you do with pure silicon. By J. Fingas, 08.13.17 save Save share View
10.27.16 10.27.16 in Mobile Qualcomm just announced the biggest chip acquisition ever Qualcomm buys NXP for $47 billion as it looks to make a move on the car industry. By M. Brian, 10.27.16 save Save share View
01.12.16 01.12.16 in Business Samsung lets inspectors into its factories following deaths But activists say that it's still not good enough. By S. Dent, 01.12.16 save Save share View
07.06.15 07.06.15 Army scientists build smaller, tougher, cheaper solar cells Army researchers at the Redstone Arsenal have announced a significant breakthrough in solar energy... By A. Tarantola, 07.06.15 save Save share View
02.07.13 02.07.13 Fujitsu to merge LSI chip business with Panasonic, cut 5,000 jobs Intense semiconductor competition has already forced numerous Japanese companies to work together,... By S. Dent, 02.07.13 save Save share View
09.30.12 09.30.12 New process for nanotube semiconductors could be graphene's ticket to primetime (video) In many ways, graphene is one of technology's sickest jokes. The tantalizing promise of cheap to p... By J. Trew, 09.30.12 save Save share View
08.13.12 08.13.12 IBM creates consistent electron spin inside semiconductors, takes spintronics one twirl closer A fundamental challenge of developing spintronics, or computing where the rotation of electrons ca... By J. Fingas, 08.13.12 save Save share View
08.11.12 08.11.12 Researchers make unsuitable parts work as solar cells, could lead to cheaper panels Harnessing the power of the sun is a tricky business, but even the past few weeks have seen some i... By J. Rigg, 08.11.12 save Save share View
07.10.12 07.10.12 Intel to buy 15 percent of silicon fab equipment maker ASML, wants manufacturing machines made faster Chipzilla didn't get its position as the king of semiconductors by twiddling its thumbs, folks. It... By M. Gorman, 07.10.12 save Save share View
