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IBM shrinks SRAM cell for future chip generation
News The new static random access memory cell could be used in chips based on a 22nm manufacturing process, according to IBM.
Tags: Processors, Mobile processors, IBM Corp., SRAM, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Cell, Semiconductor, Chip, STMicroelectronics, San Francisco
Chip-equipment sales dove in 2001
News New research finds that makers of microchip manufacturing equipment saw worldwide sales slide almost 30 percent in 2001, a year in which capacity shipments "virtually ceased."
NEC claims world's smallest transistor
News Japan's computer giant NEC Corp said it has developed the world's smallest transistor, a breakthrough that could make it possible to build a supercomputer the size of a personal computer.
Quantum holographic storage: It works
Techguide Feat shatters long-held assumptions about the information limits of matter.
Tags: Storage, R&D, Electron, Storage, Quantum Corp., Hologram, 3D, Robin Harris, Robin, laser
LHC on course for November restart
News The giant particle accelerator should restart in mid-November, and could commence high-energy experiments before the end of the year.
Tags: Hardware, Magnet, CERN, Gillies, Beam Collision, Beam, scientist, Large Hadron Collider, Hardware
Small is beautiful for green-tech newbies
News Even amid the economic gloom, smaller clean-tech start-ups in efficiency and renewable energy are being funded because demand for their products remains strong.
Tags: Green IT, Best strategies, Business, Clean Technology, Investor, Bankruptcy, Wall Street, business development, CEO, recession
CERN's collider to get 'safe' start in November
News Nuclear research agency says it's satisfied that the Large Hadron Collider needs no more repairs and can get back to where it left off last fall.
Tags: Components, Supercomputing, CERN, Switzerland, New York Times Co., director, Components, France, Supercomputing
IBM shines light on future of chips
News Big Blue finally joins an industry effort to support a manufacturing process for faster, smaller chips.
New microscope could focus nanotech dream
News Forget megapixel count. A device being created by the Department of Energy will be able to show things smaller than hydrogen atoms.
Tags: Nanotechnology
IBM focuses on microscopic gains
News A new electron microscope from Big Blue and Nion will help semiconductor researchers to design chips whose components are thinning out to the atomic level.
Use email and get free CDs
News To be heard over the din of free email providers, HelloAsia.com is offering users a chance to get free CDs and books if they use its service.
Toshiba, NEC advance magnetic memory
News The two Japanese giants this week unveiled a paper that showed methods to cut down power consumption and size in cells of MRAM, a type of memory that may replace conventional computer memory (DRAM) and even flash memory.
Tags: Memory
SingNet, UOB launch debit card
News SingNet and United Overseas Bank (UOB) today launched the Vibe Visa Electron card.
Hoteliers jam mobiles
News Some hotels in Scotland have installed mobile phone jammers to force guests to use the in-room phone service, reported U.K. news tabloid Daily Record.
Will "nothing" improve transistor?
News Breaking the No Free Lunch rule, Toshiba has announced improved transistor performance through the addition of empty space.
