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Testing new transistors in space

Testing new transistors in spaceCIGS is already here.CIGS solar sheets are already printed to film. They need to build a mass producing facility to lower costs. Right noe they are mini-mills.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_indium_gallium_selenidehttp://news.cnet.com/CIGS-cell-makers-battle-it-out-for-efficiency-crown/2100-13840_3-6227812.htmlRE: Testing new transistors in spaceA detail that was left out. Current satalites and shuttles are using decades old...

Tags: Semiconductors, new transistor, Testing, transistor, CIGS

Discussion threads 2008-06-11

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News to know: AT&T; Apple; Google; Verizon; Microsoft

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dancho Danchev: Weak passwords dominate statistics for Hotmail's phishing scheme leak Larry Dignan: The Android army: Verizon Wireless, Google...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Wireless, Wireless Coverage Data, Microsoft Windows, Mobile Operating Systems, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Wireless And Mobility, Handhelds, Wi-Fi, Mobile Applications, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Chip industry's boom/bust cycles and the failure of business intelligence

The chip industry appears to be recovering from its bust cycle and beginning to enter into its boom cycle - it's a repetitive cycle of around four years in length. The Semiconductor Industry Association reports a 20 percent drop to $51.7 billion for the second...

Tags: Business Intelligence, Industry, Chip, Chip Industry, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Manufacturing, Hardware, Networking, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-08-03

Illinois researchers create fastest LED ever; aid computing efficiency

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created the fastest LED ever, setting a a new record with a signal-processing modulation speed of 4.3 gigahertz, breaking the previous record of 1.7 GHz. Why is this important? Engineering professor Nick Holonyak Jr....

Tags: Researcher, Light-emitting Diode, Engineering, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-07-10

Five ways to keep the dust bunnies out of a PC

Five ways to keep the dust bunnies out of a PCTypo?When you mentioned environments where stuff is bound to get dirty anyway, did you mean to say "these tips are [b]not[/b] for them" ?Aside from that, good article!RE: Five ways to keep the dust bunnies out of a PCIronically (to...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, Telecom & Utilities, dust bunny, bunny, Five-Way, PC, tube, environment, computer

Discussion threads 2009-06-05

News to know: Google Wave; Bing; Palm webOS; Verizon Wireless CEO; AOL

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Meet Google Wave: a new way to communicate and collaborate Google Wave: It's still a work in...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, America Online Inc., Palm Inc., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Verizon Wireless, Semiconductors, Social Networking, H-1B, Strategy, Hardware, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-29

Nanowires, nanoribbons and 'graphane' among materials that'll revolutionize computers

Architects of the next generation of computers are developing a variety of nanostructures to meet the demand for increasingly smaller features for semiconductors, microprocessors, and other components. These tiny building blocks are quite extraordinary-some even self-assemble. And they'll help overcome many of the limitations of today's microelectronics...

Tags: Nanotube, Carbon Nanotube, Computer, Chip, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-04-24

Nehalem servers could spark a $27bn feeding frenzy

Nehalem servers could spark a $27bn feeding frenzyItanium doesn't stand a chance to NehalemOne things for sure (and probably why Intels Tukwila/Itanium has slipped by about a year) is that Itanium doesn't stand a chance against Nehalem and even when Tukwila does arrive, will have a tough ride against Nehalem-EX....

Tags: Semiconductors, Servers, Processors, transistor, Nehalem, electron, Ballistic Deflection Transistor, single core server, Intel Itanium, server

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

New microchip uses 30 times less power

Scientists at Rice University have created a microchip that uses 30 times less electricity while running seven times faster than today's best technology. The U.S.-Singapore team developing the technology, named PCMOS, revealed results at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference ISSCC, the world's premier forum for engineers working...

Tags: Rice University, Phone, Microchip, CMOS, Cell Phone, Logic, PCMOS, ASICs, Semiconductors, Memory, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-09

Is the PlayStation Doomed?

Sony, putting aside the human toll of massive restructuring, is a fascinating example of the carnage happening in the business world today, and the stifling of innovation in large companies. Today's multinational conglomerate had humble origins in post WWII Japan: Masaru Ibuka started a radio repair...

Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Playstation, Game Players, Games, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-01-06

2009 Lincoln MKX

Photo gallery:2009 Lincoln MKXCompeting in the luxury SUV market, Lincoln offers the MKX, more of a crossover, equivalent to the Acura MDX and the Infiniti EX35. As such, the MKX has seating for five, plenty of cargo space, and a high seating position. The 2009 Lincoln MKX's big chrome grille...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Lincoln MKX, Lincoln, CD, car

Product reviews 2008-12-18

Intel: We're on track for 32 nanometer manufacturing

Intel said Wednesday that it has completed the development phase of its next manufacturing process that will shrink chip circuits to 32 nanometers. The milestone means that Intel will be able to push faster, more efficient chips starting in the fourth quarter. In a...

Tags: Transistor, Intel Corp., Chip, Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Performance Management, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-10

Vertical line issue also plagues some iMacs

Vertical line issue also plagues some iMacsWhat part is breaking?The video chip on the mobo or the LCD?Good spooky story timingMy four year old Dell LCD monitor (1704FPTT) began displaying a vertical yellow line, or two, recently. Mine is still sporadic, but I'm sure it will stay or get...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, Apple Store, Dual-Core box, Apple Inc., line issue, monitor, LCD

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

Mobile TV - not dead, just not ready for primetime

Just because some technologies are just ahead of their time doesn't mean they're dead. Sure, companies behind them may fall but the technologies themselves sometimes are just waiting for the moment when consumer or businesses are ready to act or the computing power has finally caught up. ...

Tags: Mobile, Mobile TV, TiVo Inc., Digital Video Recorder, Mashable Blogger, Advertising & Promotion, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-04

Microsoft's manycore strategy

The post on Apple's Grand Central multicore support in OS X.vi had some commenters claiming that Microsoft had already solved the multicore software problem. Far from it. And Microsoft knows it Microsoft has a multi-pronged campaign to get in front of multicore. They're hiring smart...

Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Multi-core, MR, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-06-25

Asus ENGTX280

Editor's note: After retesting their initial findings, our colleagues at GameSpot found that the GeForce 9800 GX 2 had better scores on "Call of Duty 4" and "Crysis" than was first reported. With that new information, we have found that the GTX280 has a smaller performance advantage over Nvidia's previous...

Tags: Semiconductors, Video cards, ASUS, GeForce GTX280, NVidia Corp., Nvidia GeForce

Product reviews 2008-06-16

The obligatory "Victoria Falls" post

The obligatory "Victoria Falls" postThe 800 lb Gorilla in the roomThere is no doubt that Moore's Law is making some very amazing things happen in CPU land. The T2+ would be even better if Sun could make CPUs that can clock to 4 Ghz (or EVEN 2 Ghz), but for...

Tags: Network technology, Processors, T2+, T2

Discussion threads 2008-04-15

Intel moving to six-cores this year; What will you do with them?

Intel outlined plans to produce six-core chips in the fourth quarter. The move is that latest salvo in a game to out-core AMD on everything. AMD finally gets its quad-core chip out the door and Intel moves to six. The future looks like this: Four cores, six cores, eight cores,...

Tags: Performance, Intel Itanium, Core, Intel Corp., Chip, Dunnington, Nehalem, Performance Management, Processors, Semiconductors, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-18

Decoding AMD's 45nm processor announcement

After a dismal 2007, AMD is trying to regain its footing. The company made several technology announcements at a computer tradeshow in Hannover, Germany last week--including progress on 45nm processors. But it remains to be seen whether AMD can deliver on all of this, and be more competitive in 2008....

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Penryn, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-03-11

Inside Intel's Penryn Processor

On Monday Intel announced the first mobile quad-core processor called Penryn. The new silicon is the cousin to the Penryn desktop processor, the Core 2 Extreme QX9650, announced on 12 November 2007. The next generation transistors, used in the new Penryn processors (Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple MacBook, Transistor, Intel Corp., Apple MacBook Pro, Notebooks, Semiconductors, Processors, Silicon, Components, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Penryn Desktop Processor

Blog posts 2008-01-10