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The UK government has invested a total of £22 million in two research hubs to turn research into business realities. The government hopes that this investment will put the UK ahead in semiconductors.

Vodafone R&D has shared an update on the developments of its silicon photonic chips, which are reported to be faster, more efficient and more reliable than the current electronic offering.

Intel and Germany will sign an agreement today that will see the construction of a new semiconductor factory in Dresden, Germany. The company is set to receive billions of euros in subsidies too.

China is changing its strategy to support its semiconductor industry by providing easier access to subsidies to some companies. This comes amidst tight U.S. controls over chip-making equipment.

Prolific leaker Mark Gurman shares more leaks about a physical redesign of the MacBook Air arriving in 2022 that will be powered with next generation Apple Silicon processors to match.

MIT researchers have found that InGaAs could potentially replace silicon to create smaller and more energy-efficient transistors. A paper detailing the findings will be presented this month.

The solid state drive (SSD) market will grow faster than expected in 2008, with the SATA interface promising to become the mainstream for notebook-use SSDs in the future, according to Wallace Kou, president and CEO...

Talking as part of an in-depth studio tour posted on Gamasutra today, Ontario-based Silicon Knights founder Denis Dyack has been discussing the state of Canadian game development, suggesting subsidies from the Quebec government to companies...

Looking to merge mobile phones with PCs, Nokia has expanded its presence in Silicon Valley and is exploring a wireless network that local developers can use to try out new applications. At its recently opened...

Apple has acquired the technolgies of Silion Color, which manufactures the FinalTouch range of colour correction software. A note on the company website says: "We are pleased to announce that all Silicon Color technology...

Nanowires are made with regular crystal structures and uniform electronic properties - a level of predictability is essential for manufacturing high-performance electronics. Researchers at Harvard University have shown that nanowire transistors can be at least...

Agreement will see the Twin Snakes developer working on an unnamed game for unidentified consoles to be released at an undetermined date. In a release issued this morning, Sega announced an agreement...

Researchers at IBM and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. have improved a chip-making technology called strained silicon, boosting semiconductor performance at a time when such gains are increasingly hard to come by, the companies said on...

Advanced Micro Devices has begun to incorporate strained silicon into its processors. By adding strained silicon, AMD will be able to give its processors a high performance boost. It won't be until the...

A new game could be announced as soon as this summer...Too Human, perhaps? Silicon Knights, the developer behind such games as Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Eternal Darkness, and the GameCube version...

IGNcube today learned that Canada-based development studio Silicon Knights has ended its second-party status with Nintendo Co. Ltd. The company will effective immediately be allowed to develop software for multiple consoles including Microsoft's Xbox and...

Thanks Know Won, exit, and OrangeSoul. Researchers said on Wednesday they have found a novel way to use the silicon building blocks of computer chips to switch light on and off at high speeds, an...

WE REVEALED last week that the Nvidia NV40 chip had taped out. And now we know ATI's R420 has not only taped out but is a step ahead of the competition. While ATI's R420 taped...

AMD's Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) technology is going to save the company's migration to a 90nm process from the delays that appear to have plagued Intel's shift to 90nm. So says American Technology Research (ATR) analyst Rick...

Moore's Law is alive and well, but Intel is changing its basic semiconductor recipes to make sure it stays that way. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker is looking at revamping two fundamental elements of its...

The technology downturn continues to hammer California's Silicon Valley, where the unemployment rate in October was 7.9 percent, the highest level since 1983 and well above last month's statewide average of 6.4 percent. ...

We know that Intel has planned to move from its current 130 nanometer to 90 nanometers for some time, but Barrett will describe a process called "strained silicon" which is already used by IBM. ...

Researchers at the University of Ulster made the claim after carrying out statistical analysis of every match that will take place in Japan and South Korea over the next month. A focus group...

DeviantPC has posted an overview of the upcoming processor technology 'Silicon On Insulator' or more commonly known as SOI. Here's a snip: "Thanks go to IBM again for solving...

Microsoft will cut the salaries for some 1,600 of its employees in Silicon Valley. The reduction isn't in base pay, but in the "geographic differential" paid to employees who work in high-cost areas. That differential...

AMD EXEC Ben Anixter presented some information about how his company is doing with its process technology this year and next, and said the firm has now successfully produced Hammer silicon. AMD is pleased with...

Intel plans to announce its researchers have come up with a novel method for housing microprocessors that it hopes will speed development of high-performance microchips with more than a billion transistors. The method...