At 50, is the microchip ready for retirement?

At 50, is the microchip ready for retirement? London: After 50 years of tectonic improvements, the microchip may be finally be reaching its limits. April 25 marks the 50th anniversary of the patent for a silicon integrated circuit, awarded to Robert Noyce, an electronics engineer who was later nicknamed "the mayor of Silicon Valley." Decades later we are still living in the revolution that began almost immediately, but there are growing signs that Moore's Law - the famously...
09:51 AM, Apr 25, 2011

New chip to power nextgen super smartphones

New chip to power nextgen super smartphones  London: You seem to think your iPad is pretty cool? Wait for a new chip that will help make even more advanced generation of 'super smartphones'. ARM Holdings, the UK microchip unit behind the success of Apple's mobile devices, said its new chip, code-named Eagle, would allow Apple and other mobile phone makers, to create phones with five times the "brain power" of current models. Ian Drew, ARM's marketing director,...
01:04 PM, Sep 13, 2010

New chip can sniff out type, severity of cancer

New chip can sniff out type, severity of cancer The device can sense specific markers that show the presence of cancer. ...
06:03 PM, Sep 30, 2009

Lowly bricks get hi-tech Silicon Valley treatment

Lowly bricks get hi-tech Silicon Valley treatment Venture capitalists are looking to create buildings less expensively. ...
12:30 AM, Sep 22, 2009

IBM uses DNA to make next-gen microchips

IBM uses DNA to make next-gen microchips Microchips are used in computers, cell phones and other electronic devices. ...
10:29 AM, Aug 18, 2009

Security co makes microchip to detect kidnap victims

Security co makes microchip to detect kidnap victims These chips can be injected into the clients bodies with a syringe. ...
12:07 PM, Aug 22, 2008
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