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• NEC Knows Even Toasters Need Chips
  Tuesday 6 March 2007 – 05:21
  Virtually every device contains a piece of silicon in it to give it the functionality we've come to expect.
• Neurons self-organise to make brain chips
  Friday 23 June 2006 – 01:55
  Brain cells can be enticed into forming uniform functioning patterns using a nano-engineering trick.
• Nvidia's Stock Bloodbath - Company Admits Faulty Chips
  Thursday 3 July 2008 – 11:00
  Santa Clara (CA) - Nvidia is admitting that some of its notebook chips are failing at "higher than normal rates" in a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
• IBM finds more performance and less power in 32 nm chips
  Tuesday 15 April 2008 – 11:50 in Hardware
  A chip alliance led by IBM expects semiconductors to bring a substantial boost in performance and a reduction in power consumption with the arrival of the 32 nm chip generation. The secret? High-K Metal Gate...
• IBM, Infineon, Chartered and Samsung tape out 45nm chips
  Monday 2 October 2006 – 03:50
  The collaboration between IBM, Infineon Technologies, Chartered Semiconductor and Samsung Electronics on 45nm production process has progressed, with the first tape out proceeding at IBM's 12" fab, and other members of the alliance stating they are on schedule to introduce their own production by end of 2006, according to officials from the companies at a recent Chartered technology forum in Santa Clara.
• Intel to begin volume production of Rosedale 2 and Ofer-R WiMAX chips by year-end 2006
  Thursday 6 July 2006 – 04:18
  Intel is set to begin volume production of its second-generation WiMAX chips, the Rosedale 2 as well as its WiFi/WiMAX dual mode chip, the Ofer-R, by the end of this year, according to market sources who are familiar with Intel's roadmap.
• Intel takes final hurdle on way to mass-produced silicon laser chips
  Monday 18 September 2006 – 08:04
  Researchers at Intel and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) today said they have succeeded in building the world's first hybrid silicon laser using standard silicon manufacturing processes. The technology could be become a key enabler make photonic interconnects in mainstream communications and computing devices a reality.
• Broadcom's Pushes Chips at All-CMOS 802.11b
  Wednesday 23 January 2002 – 06:53
  According to Webopedia, Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductors (CMOS), use both NMOS (negative polarity) and PMOS (positive polarity) circuits.
• Chips sales to hit $226 billion this year
  Thursday 9 June 2005 – 12:57
  Chip sales are running better than expected this year, prompting the Semiconductor Industry Association to up its 2005 forecast.
• VIA to launch 802.11b chips in 2Q, GbE single chips in July
  Friday 18 April 2003 – 03:44
  VIA Networking Solution (VNS), a 100%-owned subsidiary of VIA Technologies, said it will launch an 802.11b MAC/baseband single chip this quarter and mass produce Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) MAC/PHY single-chip solutions in July, a move expected to place great pressure on Realtek Semiconductor, Taiwan's largest networking chip vendor.
• Update: Qualcomm phone chips banned in US
  Monday 11 June 2007 – 12:14
  The United States has barred the importation of certain cell phone chips from Qualcomm, after a trade panel deemed it infringes on patents owned by rival Broadcom
• Intel chips in on anti-SCO defense fund
  Monday 12 January 2004 – 03:19
  Intel has gotten involved in the legal battle between the SCO Group and Linux, contributing money to a defence fund geared to protect users of the open-source operating system.
• Brands of ATI's new graphic chips leaked, Crossfire boards to cost more than $200
  Thursday 8 September 2005 – 07:12
  Details of ATI's upcoming graphics chip generation begin to emerge ahead of the official product launch, which is expected to take place within a few weeks. The enthusiast site Hexus.net today published a complete list of R5xx brand names. Sources also told Tom's Hardware Guide that dual-graphics Crossfire boards may be much more expensive than originally expected.
• Report: All Nvidia G84/G86 Chips Defective
  Tuesday 12 August 2008 – 11:40
  According to sources, the entire line of G84 and G86 chips all suffer from the same defect, regardless of desktop or notebook application.
• American Medical Association wants implantable RFID chips
  Thursday 28 June 2007 – 01:04
  Doctors could be implanting RFID chips into your bodies, if the American Medical Association has their way