Neowin News Feed for: Microchip

NASA calls on the public to send their names on its Europa Clipper mission

Paul Hill — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 03:44:02 +0000

NASA is giving the public a chance to have their names stencilled onto a microchip that will be sent to Europa, a moon of Jupiter. If you choose to add it, your name should arrive by 2030. Read more...

NASA announces huge upgrade with next-gen processors being "at least 100 times" faster

Sayan Sen — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 08:14:01 +0000

NASA has announced that is going to upgrade its ancient 30-year old systems with state of the art technology. The next-gen computing systems are going to be around a 100 times faster. Read more...

Google researchers use deep reinforcement learning for optimizing chip design

Ather Fawaz — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 06:56:02 +0000

Using a trained deep reinforcement learning model, a team at Google calculated the optimal chip placement on an IC—a problem that would have taken several weeks for human experts to solve. Read more...

Intel appeal against Europe's huge fine begins

Alfonso Maruccia — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 02:52:48 +0000

The world largest microchip manufacturers begins its appeal before Europe's General Court in Bruxelles. The European Commission has no substantial evidence to prove our wrong, the corporation stated Read more...

Sony to Leave Three-Way Microchip Development Pact

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 02:24:01 +0000

In February 2006, Sony, Toshiba and NEC Electronics agreed they would co-develop technologies to make system chips with circuitry width of 45 nanometres, sharing hefty costs and pooling technological expertise. But now, Sony has announced... Read more...

New Microchip Fused With Brain Cells

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:39:51 +0000

European researches have developed "neuro-chips" in which living brain cells and silicon circuits interact with one another. While the research is far from it at this point, these advancements could one day lead to... Read more...

AMD Big Gainer in 3rd-Quarter Microchip Sales-IDC

Wed, 01 Dec 2004 02:59:40 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. captured nearly 10 percent of computer microchip market revenue in the third quarter, the highest level in nearly three years, market research firm IDC said on Tuesday. The gains show that... Read more...

IBM's Microchip Plant Not Measuring Up

Fri, 18 Jul 2003 19:49:43 +0000

IBM's new $3 billion microchip factory was supposed to bring the company efficiency and profit. Instead, it is giving the technology leader a headache. Demonstrating the risk of huge investments in advanced chip-making tools, International... Read more...