While semiconductors replaced vacuum tubes as the go-to way to conduct electrical current in our gadgets decades ago, scientists are looking to bring them back for computers used in space. The fact Continue reading…
At its plant in Kameyama, Japan, Sharp has started production on the first LCD panels that feature indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) semiconductors, which will lead to thinner displays with lower Continue reading…
Patent litigation is nothing new to Research In Motion — facing a nearly fatal injunction several years back before settling with patent holding company NTP for over $600 million — and it looks Continue reading…
Late last year, Japanese wireless carrier NTT Docomo announced that it was planning to compete with Qualcomm by producing LTE-capable semiconductors in a joint venture with Samsung, Fujitsu, Fujitsu Continue reading…
MediaTek has announced its new MT7650 chip design, which offers 802.11ac wireless connectivity combined with Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy, providing an alternative for manufacturers to the similar Continue reading…
In 2011 Intel managed to grab its highest share of the semiconductor market in a decade, according to market research firm IHS. Last year the company claimed 15.6 percent of the market — up from Continue reading…
Intel is usually ahead of competitors in the nanometer race and the company has accordingly long rebuffed the idea of allowing outside customers use of its facilities. The outlook for third-party chip Continue reading…
Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology has completed research that it says could let fiber optic networks use new parts of the spectrum. Using tiny chips of Continue reading…
According to a new report, Apple now spends more money on semiconductors — like processors, memory, and solid-state storage — than any other company. Gartner Research has found that while Apple Continue reading…
Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute of the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in using the heating action of lasers to actively cool a semiconductor. The phenomenon is achieved using a Continue reading…
