Etch
90 Stories

Chipmakers make smooth shift to copper

News The semiconductor industry is undergoing a massive technological change, converting to mass-producing chips with copper wires. The weird part: almost no one has had major problems.

Saturday, September 29 2001 04:08 AM

Laptops to "keep their cool"

News A researcher says he's created technology to disperse the heat generated within notebooks more efficiently than today's cooling systems.

Thursday, January 23 2003 09:21 AM

Price slash will not curb piracy in M'sia

News Merely lowering the price of software in order to combat piracy that seems to wage unabated in the country, will not do the trick.

Friday, June 01 2001 03:51 PM

M'sia chip foundry awards RM380m systems deal

News 1st Silicon (M) Sdn Bhd has awarded Applied Materials an order worth more than US$100 million (RM380 million) for the latter's systems and process technologies as it move towards meeting its wafer qualification timeline.

Friday, June 01 2001 03:52 PM

Applied Materials purchases Etec Systems

News

Friday, June 01 2001 03:22 PM

IBM puts vacuum spaces in chips

News Nothing insulates like a vacuum. Big Blue says its Airgap technique will increase chip speed and reduce power consumption.

Friday, May 04 2007 02:55 AM

Tags: Processors

Be teams with Net appliance maker

News

Friday, June 01 2001 03:17 PM

U.S., Korean teams apply nanotech to memory chips

News Nanotechnology research in Korea and the U.S. may produce computer memory hundred of times denser in storage than present-day chips.

Thursday, June 19 2003 09:14 AM

Nanotube RAM prototype built

News The first 10Gb nanotechnology memory (NRAM) device has been built. It could replace DRAM, flash memory and hard disks in a wide variety of digital devices including PCs, phones and MP3 players.

Monday, June 16 2003 08:45 AM

Sun debuts midrange "Starkitty" server

News The company unveils its Unix server, a 52-processor machine, plugging a gap in its product line that HP and IBM were able to exploit.

Wednesday, April 10 2002 11:24 AM

NEC to cut spending on chips 20% next fiscal year

News NEC Corp, the world's third-largest chipmaker, said it will cut spending at its semiconductor business by as much as 20 percent next fiscal year, citing a slump in chip prices it expects to continue.

Wednesday, February 14 2001 04:10 PM

Intel getting into micro-machines

News Micro-refrigerators, mini-tweezers for microbiologists, wireless antenna controllers--these are the types of products Intel could start producing with its move into microelectrical mechanics.

Thursday, April 26 2001 12:10 PM