Government funding of £1m will help keep IQE ahead of the field
Process R&D
CMOS scaling at risk from funding deficit
Top IBM technologist says US must invest $1.5bn to keep ahead of the game
University deposits precious metal
University of St Andrews has novel process for depositing precious metals on glass, silicon substrates
Straining for silicon control
Being able to precisely control strain in semiconductor wafers is of key importance to device function
Mosfets improved 220% over silicon
UK researchers enhance n-channel Mosfet performance with processing at CMOS-compatible temperatures
Bell Labs takes the heat out of chips
Bell Labs has begun a project to use its 'nanograss' nanostructured surfaces to cool chips
HP’s strategy beyond transistors
Firm unveils a practical strategy for computing beyond traditional silicon technology, based on its crossbar architecture
IDF: Silicon is key to exotic tech
Carbon nanotubes, spin transistors and photonic circuits - all rely on silicon, says Intel technologiest
Defects not the end of the world
Semiconductors with defects need not be discarded, according to a professor from the University of Southern California
Storing bits in intersections of wires
HP Labs suggests replacing tricky-to-scale transistors with a 'crossbar latch' of bistable molecular switches
