Semiconductors

The Future of the Microprocessor Business

Customization and speed-to-market will drive the industry from the bottom up

The Silicon Solution

In the future, ordinary silicon chips will move data using light rather than electrons, unleashing nearly limitless bandwidth and revolutionizing computing

The Hunt for the Kill Switch

Are chip makers building electronic trapdoors in key military hardware? The Pentagon is making its biggest effort yet to find out

The Mysterious Memristor

Researchers at HP have solved the 37-year mystery of the memory resistor, the missing 4th circuit element.

The New Economics of Semiconductor Manufacturing

The Toyota Production System has been applied to chip making. The electronics industry may never be the same

How Europe Missed The Transistor

The most important invention of the 20th century was conceived not just once, but twice

I See You

The Hunt for the Kill Switch

Are chip makers building electronic trapdoors in key military hardware? The Pentagon is making its biggest effort yet to find out

The New Economics of Semiconductor Manufacturing

The Toyota Production System has been applied to chip making. The electronics industry may never be the same

Electronic Noses Sniff Success

E-noses will soon be ubiquitous, thanks to printed organic semiconductors

Indium phosphide ICs unleash the high frequency spectrum

Just One Word—Plastics

Organic semiconductors could put cheap circuits everywhere and make flexible displays a reality

Silicon Gold Rush

Taiwan's chip makers can't resist the lure of china, the world's largest consumer of semiconductors

The Amazing Vanishing Transistor Act

Radical changes are in the offing for transistors as their dimensions shrink to a few tens of nanometers

The Silicon Solution

In the future, ordinary silicon chips will move data using light rather than electrons, unleashing nearly limitless bandwidth and revolutionizing computing

Chip Making's Singular Future

Beleaguered Chip Makers Are Counting On Single-Wafer Manufacturing, Which Makes ICs On One Wafer At A Time, To Cut Costs And Get Chips To Market Faster

Talk to the Machine

With better chips and faster algorithms, device makers are putting voice interfaces in PDAs, cellphones, and cars

The Future of the Microprocessor Business

Customization and speed-to-market will drive the industry from the bottom up

The New Indelible Memories

It's a three-way race in the multibillion-dollar memory sweepstakes

Intel and ARM are Exploring Self-Correction Schemes to Boost Processor Performance and Cut Power

Razor technology operates processors at the limits of speed and power by letting chips self-correct timing errors

Could Belgian Diode Lead to Printable RFIDs?

Light From Silicon

For decades, silicon was a semiconducting dim bulb, but now we can make it into LEDs that match the best made from more exotic materials

The Amazing Vanishing Transistor Act

Radical changes are in the offing for transistors as their dimensions shrink to a few tens of nanometers

The Future of the Microprocessor Business

Customization and speed-to-market will drive the industry from the bottom up

The Hunt for the Kill Switch

Are chip makers building electronic trapdoors in key military hardware? The Pentagon is making its biggest effort yet to find out

As I Clearly Stated...Loser

Loser: Still Waiting For Nanotube Memory Chip

Nantero's alternative to flash memory has reached its sell-by date

Tell Us What You Think

Why Losers?

We don't do this because we're mean spirited. We do it because we care

Winner: The Ultimate Dielectric Is...Nothing

IBM packs wires in vacuum to speed chips and save power