semiconductors

AMD’s recent workforce cutbacks have ignited conversation across the tech world, not just for the immediate human impact but for the broader strategic shift it represents. The semiconductor titan has announced that approximately 1,000 employees—or about 4% of its workforce—will be let go in a...

Chips and Checks: U.S. Semiconductor Boom and Jamaican Chess Breakthrough In a world where technological prowess and strategic brilliance both drive progress, two very different stories have unfolded—from the cutting-edge realm of semiconductor investments to the dynamic energy of a youth chess...

In today’s fast-evolving tech landscape, the relentless march of semiconductor innovation is reshaping our computing environments—and nowhere is this more evident than in the dynamic duel between AMD and Arm Holdings. While recent forum threads have highlighted breakthroughs like GPT-4.5’s AI...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer just a buzzword in technology circles. It's the harbinger of transformative change, and the ripples of its influence are already reshaping industries at an unprecedented scale. If you've been keeping an eye on the AI investment sector, the meteoric rise...

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In 1956 I had two weeks of Army training in electronics. When it was over, I was satisfied that a vacuum tube would die when its filament burned out. Although I had no formal training after that, I did conclude that semi-conductors and transistors were probably the same thing, but it took a...

Gamers and video graphics enthusiasts should be excited about recent news that has been appearing about the AMD HD 7000 series of video cards, which as of now, still remain a mystery. The recent reports show photographs of the AMD Radeon HD 7900 “Tahiti” prototype, which would include 12...

A scanning tunneling microscope determines the topography and orientation of the graphene nanoribbons on the atomic scale. In spectroscopy mode, it determines changes in the density of electronic states, from the nanoribbon's interior to its edge. Credit: Crommie et al, Lawrence Berkeley...

Link Removed due to 404 Error Earlier this year Nvidia Corp. merged chipset and system-on-chip development teams in order to strengthen the Tegra product line. On Thursday chief executive officer of Nvidia officially said that the company was no longer building chipsets, which probably...

Link Removed In Silicon Valley’s best-known David-and-Goliath story, Thomas McCoy was the guy who slung the stone. The general counsel of Advanced Micro Devices didn’t topple mighty Intel, but his impact was at least felt in the chip giant’s pocketbook. McCoy, 59, said Wednesday that he is...

Do you remember if you bought memory between 1999 and 2002? If you did, bet you thought it was really expensive. A major memory price fixing conspiracy is currently undergoing settlement in the United States, in which nearly every major DRAM manufacturer has been implicated. The alleged price...

Fill the well with unused Larrabees A man who makes a living selling chips for Intel has come up with a cunning plan which he thinks can stop the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Steven Laughlin has devised a plan to "plug the hole" of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. However he is a little...

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Chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices said during a conference call with financial analysts that the company’s graphics division ATI was on-track to refresh its lineup of graphics cards in the second half of calendar 2010. The mystery, though, is with what the family of graphics...

GLOBAL FOUNDRIES has been way ahead of the curve with process tech when compared to any other foundry on the market. Today, it somewhat accidentally cemented that lead by publicly displaying an unlabeled 28nm wafer. Link Removed due to 404 Error 28nm wafers that are not test structures Global...

Boffins create molecular transistor Link Removed due to 404 Error Link Removed due to 404 Error Written by Link Removed due to 404 Error Tuesday, 29 December 2009 12:16 Gold with a pinch of benzene A team of boffins from Yale University and the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology...

Intel have produced an idiots guide to chip manufacture. It's interesting though.... PRESS KIT - From Sand to Silicon: the Making of a Chip

Many of us use either ATI or Nvidia to provide a solution to our graphical needs but have you ever considered what actually goes into making one of these chips? This article provides an insight into the highs and lows that engineers go through and some of the tough decisions that they have to...