Most modern semiconductors are fabricated of or on silicon (Si), but as devices get smaller and denser, they dissipate more ...

The rapid technological advancements of our world have been enabled by our capacity to design and fabricate ever smaller ...

Industry’s first use of ruthenium in high-volume production enables copper chip wiring to be scaled to the 2nm node and beyond and reduces resistance by as much as 25% New enhanced low-k dielectric ...

A novel magnetic material with an extraordinary electronic structure might allow for the production of smaller and more efficient computer chips in the future: the p-wave magnet. Researchers from ...

Clarification: A story Monday about a shortage of highly purified silicon used in computer chips and solar cells noted that the material was 99.99999 percent pure, a level referred to as "seven-nines.

Chip companies from the US and China are developing new materials to reduce reliance on a Japanese monopoly. It won’t be easy. This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s ...

Silicon chip manufacturers like Intel and TSMC are constantly outdoing themselves to make ever smaller features, but they are getting closer to the physical limits of silicon. “We already have very, ...

IBM has found a way to use the designs of nature in building the next generation of powerful computer chips. The breakthrough marks the first time chips have been made with a self-assembling ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--New research findings at MIT could lead to microchips that operate at much higher speeds than is possible with today's standard silicon chips, leading to cell phones and other ...

PETERBOROUGH, N.H. — A broad-based research effort to integrate compound semiconductor devices with silicon circuits is under way, according to papers to be presented at the International Electron ...