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- Wafer
- (1) A small, thin continuous-loop magnetic tape cartridge that has been used from time to time for data storage and specialized applications.
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- Intel shows off new 22-nanometer wafer
- At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel CEO Paul Otellini shows off a silicon wafer housing chips made with 22-nanometer process technology. Chips made on that process will be ready for market in 2011.
- Tags: Wafer, Intel Corp., Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Intel
- Videos 2009-09-22
- Damn the recession, full speed ahead for a green tech IPO?
- Courtesy GT Solar. There may be an interesting green tech IPO this year, recession or no. Interest among investors will be an indication to numerous green tech companies of their attractiveness. Especially the solar enmergy sector. Today it looks like a solar...
- Tags: Green Technology, Wafer, GT Solar, IPO, Financial Planning, Investment, Semiconductors, Financial Services, Finance, Hardware, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- IBM silicon rejects reborn in solar panels
- Just a wafer thin. Yes, indeedy, when the Monty Python crew penned that infamous line in their movie, "Meaning of Life" that hadn't one iota of a clue what it could mean for the solar energy industry. And now, here's the point of this blog. There's word...
- Tags: Wafer, Semiconductor, IBM Corp., Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2007-10-31
- Photos: Reclaiming silicon with water
- IBM's eco-friendly process scrapes off circuitry from unusable wafers, which are then sold to the solar industry. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Silicon, Circuitry, Wafer, Photograph, IBM Corp., Semiconductors, Hardware, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2007-10-29
- What is nanopantography?
- If you don't know the answer, I cannot blame you. After all, a query for 'nanopantography' on Google returns only 43 results as I'm typing this. But researchers from the University of Houston say that nanopantography can create billions of nanotech devices in hours. The idea behind the technology is...
- Tags: Technique, Ion, University Of Houston, Wafer, Nanotechnology, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-09-05
- AMD releases 65 nm mainstream dual core processors
- AMD has released four brand new 65 nanometer dual core microprocessors for the mainstream desktop market. The new parts are: Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6 GHz $301*Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 2.5 GHz $271*Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 2.3 GHz $214*Athlon 64 X2 4000+ 2.1 GHz ...
- Tags: processor, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD, Processors, Desktop, Hardware, News
- Blog posts 2006-12-05
- Photos: Technicolor wafers star on IDF floor
- Wafers of prototype 80-core chips and PCs sporting Intel's upcoming chips are on dazzling display at the Intel Developer Forum.
- Tags: Semiconductors, wafer, chip, Intel Corp., PC
- Image galleries 2006-09-26
- Foundry wafer demand will grow 10% in 2005
- Foundry wafer demand is expected to grow only 10% in 2005, compared to 31% in 2004, according to Semico. The research company expects to see increased activity in some non-traditional foundry markets, such as memories and microprocessors. That will push foundry wafer demand up 23% in 2006.
- Tags: wafer
- Blog posts 2005-10-20
- GaAs wafer market to grow at 54% a year
- The overall GaAs bulk wafer market is projected to grow by 54% through to 2008, according to a report from Strategy Analytics. The market is expected to grow following major upgrades to 6'' wafers at some of the world's leading GaAs device companies. Japan and North America continue to host...
- Tags: GAAS, wafer
- Blog posts 2004-10-18
- Silicon foundry wafer demand to grow 33% in 2004
- The overall silicon foundry market is expected to grow by 33% in terms of wafer demand in 2004, but the business is projected to increase by only 10% next year, said research company Semico. Total semiconductor wafer demand is forecast to grow at a 12% compound annual growth rate CAGR...
- Tags: MOS Logic, wafer
- Blog posts 2004-09-10
- Semiconductor Wafer Foundry Partners With EMC
- In its quest for quality excellence, 1st Silicon Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (1Si) has formed many strategic supply-chain partnerships, including one with Integrated Circuit Design Service ICDS. Due to its business growth, ICDS was compelled to look for higher performance storage solutions. ICDS also wanted to ensure that business-critical data was...
- Tags: Foundry Networks Inc., Integrated Circuit, Wafer, EMC Corp., Semiconductors, Storage, Hardware
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- Live Webcast: Saving 70% with Google Apps over Microsoft Exchange with MattsonTechnology
- Matthew Hough, Global Director of IT for Mattson Technology, made the switch from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps for his 500-person company. With offices on 3 continents, Mattson Technology designs,manufactures, and markets the semiconductor wafer processing equipment used to make integrated circuits. Google Apps has changed the way Mattson...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Webcast, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing
- Webcasts 2009-11-17
- Computers have speed limit as unbreakable as speed of light, say physicists
- Yeah, they have been saying this same thing for years....and everytime, they find a way to make computers even faster. I don't think that they will EVER reach a limit for computer power. Not ever.FacinatingI always knew there would be a wall somewhere, but what will be needed with that...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- News to know: Intel's IDF; Google; Microsoft; Yahoo
- 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. Ryan Naraine: Critical iTunes flaw exposes Mac, Windows to hacker attacks Sam Diaz: Otellini at...
- Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Cloud Computing, Data Centers, E-mail Providers, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Corporate Communications, Linux, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- Windows 7 gadgets on display at IDF
- At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel CEO Paul Otellini shows off some new consumer devices optimized to run Intel processors and various versions of Windows 7. He also looks at the company's next-generation microprocessor, Sandy Bridge, running on Windows 7. [video=345382] ...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Semiconductors, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-22
- Intel teases 22 nanometer chips
- Intel CEO Paul Otellini showed off the first working chips using 22 nanometer process technology. These 22nm manufacturing techniques will be the basis for future chips from Intel in the second half of 2011. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="280" caption="Credit: Stephen Shankland, CNet News"][/caption] Speaking...
- Tags: Paul Otellini, Intel Corp., Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-22
- Jobs responds to iPod touch camera snub
- In a curious omission, Apple neglected to include a video camera in the third-generation iPod touch announced yesterday. It's curious because the video camera from the iPhone 3GS successfully made the jump to the new fifth-generation iPod nano -- leapfrogging the iPod touch in the process. ...
- Tags: Job, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Nano, Video, Apple iPod Touch, Camera, Corporate Communications, Digital Music, Digital Media, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-09-10
- Green shoots
- I would not hazard a guess about what's happening to the storied "green shoots" in the American or global economies. There are many economists and financial "experts" hazarding widely divergent guesses already. I will guess that green technology continues to have appeal in many nations. Green shoots...
- Tags: Brazil, Spain, Hydrogen, SWITZERLAND SOLAR Solar Panel Production, Oerlikon Solar, Spanish Project, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-07-23
- 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
- EC takes antitrust steps against Intel
- EC takes antitrust steps against Intel Say what? When were they ruled a monopoly?The EC seemingly has found them guilty of "monopoly abuse" without bothering to define them as a monopoly.Must be a European thing where laws and rules take second place to feel good moves and a hand...
- Tags: Corporate law, SECURITY, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Inhell, antitrust
- Discussion threads 2009-04-24
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