On Oct. 3, 1950, three Bell Labs scientists received a patent for a "three-electrode circuit element" that would usher in the transistor age and the era of modern computing.

The dirty secret in chips is that more than half of all energy is wasted as leakage current at the transistor level, said R Martin Roscheisen, an electrical engineer ...

All eyes are on the chip maker as it prepares a full-court press into a new process technology, spearheaded by chips for laptops, as well as for the data center. Here's the download on what's new in ...

Data centers squander vast amounts of electricity, most of it as heat. The physical properties of diamond offer a potential solution, researchers say.

The trio was awarded the prize for research on quantum tunneling, the second year in a row that IT-related work was honored.

AI compute demand is growing at more than twice the pace of Moore’s Law, requiring $500 billion annually until 2030. Data center construction costs have surged, with $40 billion under development in ...

A team of scientists has taken a big step toward a new kind of computing that could work at the speed of light. Instead of relying on today’s digital processors, which are limited by how fast ...

Applied Materials has introduced new semiconductor manufacturing systems that boost the performance of advanced logic and memory chips foundational to AI computing. The new products target three ...

Intel has poured more than $20 billion into a four-story manufacturing plant in Arizona that is the centerpiece of the ailing chipmaker’s comeback bid.

Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in analog computing, developing a programmable electronic circuit that harnesses the properties of high-frequency electromagnetic waves to perform complex ...

The struggling American chipmaker is betting that a new plant and fresh product line will help turn around its fortunes.

Intel has begun mass production of the world’s most advanced computer chips at its new Fab 52 facility in Arizona, a major milestone in the US company’s push to reclaim global semiconductor leadership ...