3 posts and columns on chip makers

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IBM Offers Faster Chips, Thanks to the Memory

in News on November 8, 2010 at 11:09 am PT

Chip makers use many techniques to make their products do more while using less energy. IBM is preparing to share more of its tricks, particularly an unusual type of built-in memory it had previously limited to Big Blue’s own computers.

The Chips Are Up, Redux

in News on November 30, 2009 at 4:50 am PT

A bit of good news after the chip industry’s seemingly endless procession of bad. Worldwide sales of semiconductors in October rose 5.1 percent over September, racking up their eighth month of consecutive gains, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.
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