IBM trips the light fantastic
IBM shows off integrated Photonics chip
Biggish Blue has been showing off what it claims to be the world's first fully integrated wavelength multiplexed silicon photonics chip.
Next Thing aims for $9 computer
Cheap as Chip
A US outfit called Next Thing is offering a $9 development board for its Chip project which is currently seeking crowd funding..
Intel sees growth in Africa
Dr Chipzilla I presume
Intel has added up the numbers and worked out that the best way to flog its chips is to follow the path of Stanley beat a path through the jungle into Africa.
Boffins want memristor brain chips
Memristors are better than silicon
Memristor could be the best chance to build chips which mimic the human brain. Not everyone's brain of course. There is no point mimicking the brain of someone who thinks that a Smartwatch is a pretty need idea, but rather the brain of someone who is a little more clever.
IBM lets Quantum cat out of the bag
IBM has Quantum breakthrough
IBM has revealed a new quantum chip which may or may not exist.
UK University gets its own Fab
Students design chips instead of just living off them
The University of Westminster's Marylebone campus has opened a high tech fabrication lab in central London.
Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron call off merger
Anti-trust
The largest manufacturers of the machinery used to make semiconductors, Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron of Japan, have dumped a merger plans.
Qualcomm helps the Chinese
Helping to sell gear to West
US chipmaker Qualcomm is trying to establish ties with Chinese smartphone makers to help them launch their products abroad.
Strong ARM tactics yield results
Cash pile building
Chip designer ARM reported a 36 per cent rise in first-quarter net profit amid strong demand for its technology.
ARM buys two IoT outfits
Because you can never have too many
British chip designer ARM has been writing cheques to buy two outfits to give it an edge on the Internet of Things market.