http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/1090/all xx http://www.itworld.com/hardware/70190/taiwan-keeps-door-china-closed-chip-maker-umc Taiwan will have to revise chip-industry regulations before United Microelectronics (UMC) can invest in China, an official said Friday. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/70190/taiwan-keeps-door-china-closed-chip-maker-umc#comments Hardware News chip Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:15:30 -0400 ITworld staff 70190 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/67251/apple-snapping-chip-designers A year after buying low-power-processor designer PA Semi, Apple is looking for yet more chip design expertise. The company has been recruiting at a very senior level for its chip design team, and also has almost 20 lower-level jobs related to semiconductor design open. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/67251/apple-snapping-chip-designers#comments Business Hardware News Apple chip personnel processor Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:45:33 -0400 ITworld staff 67251 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/66989/nec-talks-renesas-create-third-largest-chip-maker Japanese chip makers NEC Electronics and Renesas Technology have entered merger discussions. http://www.itworld.com/business/66989/nec-talks-renesas-create-third-largest-chip-maker#comments Business News chip m&a NEC processor Renesas Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:19:09 -0400 ITworld staff 66989 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/57964/pc-makers-embrace-core-i7-chips-new-desktops PC makers on Monday launched desktops that incorporate the latest technologies to work alongside Intel's new Core i7 chips, which have received praise for their speedy performance. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/57964/pc-makers-embrace-core-i7-chips-new-desktops#comments Hardware News chip Core i7 cpu Intel Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:50:02 -0500 ITworld staff 57964 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/57779/applied-materials-cut-12-percent-global-workforce Applied Materials said it would lay off 1,800 employees as it reported a drop in revenue and wider losses. http://www.itworld.com/business/57779/applied-materials-cut-12-percent-global-workforce#comments Business News Applied Materials chip layoffs restructuring Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:06:24 -0500 ITworld staff 57779 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/55461/researchers-develop-bug-blocking-chip-monitor Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed technology that can fence off microprocessor bugs and keep them from seizing up a PC. http://www.itworld.com/security/55461/researchers-develop-bug-blocking-chip-monitor#comments Security News chip Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:15:48 -0400 ITworld staff 55461 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/55050/intels-six-core-dunnington-chip-hits-market Intel's latest server chips, the Xeon 7400 series, formerly called Dunnington, are now available in six-core and quad-core models designed to be used in systems with four or more processors. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/55050/intels-six-core-dunnington-chip-hits-market#comments Hardware News chip cpu Intel Xeon Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:01:38 -0400 ITworld staff 55050 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/54996/former-intel-engineer-charged-stealing-trade-secrets A former Intel design engineer has been charged with theft of trade secrets from the chipmaker while secretly working for rival AMD. http://www.itworld.com/legal/54996/former-intel-engineer-charged-stealing-trade-secrets#comments Legal News AMD chip cpu Intel Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:49:42 -0400 ITworld staff 54996 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/54991/celebrating-ics-50th-anniversary The technology behind almost every electronics device in the world, the integrated circuit or IC, is celebrating its 50th anniversary on Friday. Its enduring success is thanks in part to two "nice guys" who developed it, and their early efforts to convince an industry that at first reviled their idea. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/54991/celebrating-ics-50th-anniversary#comments Hardware News chip IC Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:15:50 -0400 ITworld staff 54991 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/research/53912/microscope-chip Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have turned science fiction into reality with their development of a super-compact high-resolution microscope, small enough to fit on a finger tip. This "microscopic microscope" operates without lenses but has the magnifying power of a top-quality optical microscope, can be used in the field to analyze blood samples for malaria or check water supplies for giardia and other pathogens, and can be mass-produced for around $10. http://www.itworld.com/research/53912/microscope-chip#comments Tech & society Research chip microscope technology Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:04:50 -0400 hazeletiong 53912 at http://www.itworld.com