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Apple to set up silicon design centre in Germany
Will invest more than $1.5 billion.
Mar 11 2021 8:48AM
Chips can be built with undetectable malware: researchers
Near-impossible to spot, defend against hardware Trojan.
May 25 2016 2:22PM
Breakthrough carbon nanotube computer built
Silicon successor success.
Sep 26 2013 6:21AM
Yahoo! CEO Thompson steps down
Fake degree saga winds down.
May 14 2012 7:04AM
Sydney, Melbourne make 'top 25' startup hubs
Access to funding still perceived weakness.
Apr 12 2012 7:06AM
Microsoft details Windows on ARM
The price of power savings.
Feb 13 2012 7:02AM
3M to make e-glue for IBM's 3D processors
Silicon skyscrapers for smartphones by 2013.
Sep 8 2011 6:41AM
Intel buys up Silicon Hive
Parallel processing technology.
Mar 21 2011 2:42PM
Molybdenite shapes as super silicon successor
Graphene alternative.
Feb 1 2011 1:02PM
Intel's silicon photonics to revolutionise comms
Claims first optical data link using integrated lasers.
Jul 28 2010 7:14AM
Tesla staff killed in California plane crash
Blacks out Palo Alto for 10 hours.
Feb 18 2010 5:31PM
MIT's hybrid microchip to overcome silicon size barrier
Researchers aim to continue Moore's Law.
Sep 21 2009 10:00AM
Photos: Inside the Computer History Museum
Mechanical computers, a 27kg 5MB hard drive and more.
Sep 11 2009 12:02PM
Silicon Graphics sold off cheap to Rackable
Rackable Systems has agreed to acquire embattled Silicon Graphics (SGI) for US$25 million.
Apr 2 2009 3:37PM
Unemployment rises in Silicon Valley
The steadily-climbing unemployment rate in Silicon Valley has reached a shocking four-year high of 6.6 per cent.
Sep 22 2008 4:08PM
Silicon valley stars to send DNA into space
As if it wasn't enough that nerds control the world, now they want to conquer space, with Silicon Valley ‘celebs’ lining up to send their digitised DNA off to the final frontier.
Sep 8 2008 6:44AM
The death of the silicon computer chip
The reign of the silicon chip is over, according to physicists who predict that the conventional silicon chip has no longer than four years left to run.
Mar 28 2008 3:17PM
Silicon nanowires turn heat into power
A newly discovered type of silicon nanowire could lead to personal 'power-jackets' that use heat from the human body to charge electronic devices..
Jan 15 2008 7:28AM
Carbon could replace silicon in next-gen transistors
US engineers have developed a technique that replaces silicon with carbon to make next-generation semiconductors..
Dec 21 2007 6:59AM
Boffins automate silicon chip debugging
US researchers have developed a technology that automates the process of debugging silicon chip designs..
Nov 8 2007 7:35AM
