At the International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM) today, IBM and AMD presented papers describing the use of immersion lithography, ultra-low-K interconnect dielectrics, and multiple enhanced transistor strain techniques for application to the 45nm microprocessor process Continue reading “AMD and IBM Talk About 45NM Chips with Immersion and Ultra Low-K”.…more
These mods will make you look at your own case and sigh in disgust The premise is simple – take some of the mods published on the site in the past year and ask the Continue reading “Mod Of The Year 2006”.…more
Micron Technology has purchased the image-sensor business of privately held Avago Technologies in a deal worth at least $53 million, the memory maker announced Monday Avago’s 90-person imaging team will join Micron, which already makes Continue reading “Micron Technology (Crucial Memory) Buys Avago Tech”.…more
Research In Motion is suing Samsung, claiming that the name of the company’s new BlackJack smart phone is too similar to that of RIM’s own BlackBerry devices. The suit was filed Friday in U.S. District Continue reading “RIM sues Samsung over BlackJack name”.…more
AMD has selected United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) to produce its next-generation ATI RS690 chipsets at the 80nm node, according to the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN). This will be the first chipset that will be Continue reading “UMC to make AMD RS690 at 80nm, paper says”.…more
Approximately 800,000 UCLA affiliates have been warned about their personal information, including SSN’s, being exposed by hackers for nearly a year! That’s a long time for a hacker to have control of a system! The Continue reading “UCLA Database Hacked!”.…more