PC Gamer

Researchers develop a new technique to bond GaN transistors to a silicon chip, with the ultimate goal of having more powerful and efficient wireless transmitters

As chip manufacturers edge ever closer to the limits of what can be achieved with silicon, researchers have been exploring ways of boosting performance and power efficiency by stacking other ...
TechSpot

MIT researchers bond gallium nitride transistors to silicon for faster next-gen wireless devices

What just happened? A team of researchers at MIT, in collaboration with Georgia Tech and the Air Force Research Laboratory, has developed a new method for integrating gallium nitride (GaN) transistors ...
The New York Times

Hidden Inside Our Electronics, Tiny Doodles From Another Era

In 2020, Kenton Smith, an engineer, was peering through a microscope at electronic devices, admiring the intricate designs. As he studied something called a voltage comparator, he saw a face staring ...
Forbes

NextSilicon’s Dataflow Chip Could Disrupt The Processor Landscape

Every so often, a semiconductor startup emerges claiming to have cracked a problem the industry’s biggest players have wrestled with for decades. Most fade quietly, but occasionally, one arrives that ...
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Apple's in-house silicon chips could surpass Qualcomm's modems by 2027

Apple recently introduced its first in-house 5G modem silicon called the C1 with the iPhone 16e. It is the first fruit of Apple’s acquisition of Intel’s 5G modem manufacturing unit six years ago. The ...
Microsoft

AI chips are getting hotter. A microfluidics breakthrough goes straight to the silicon to cool up to three times better.

The chips that datacenters use to run the latest AI breakthroughs generate much more heat than previous generations of silicon. Anybody whose phone or laptop has overheated knows that electronics ...
MacRumors

Five Years of Apple Silicon: M1 to M5 Performance Comparison

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the Apple silicon chip that replaced Intel chips in Apple's Mac lineup. The first Apple silicon chip, the M1, was unveiled on November 10, 2020. The M1 debuted in ...
mccormick.northwestern.edu

First Electronic-Photonic Quantum Chip Manufactured in Commercial Foundry

Slight temperature changes, imperceptible manufacturing imperfections, and heat generated by their own components can completely ruin an entire quantum quantum system-on-chip. Silicon photonics could ...
CRN

Microsoft VP Of Silicon Engineering Jumps To Google Cloud To Head Chip Technology And Manufacturing

One of Microsoft’s top silicon engineering executives—who helped launch its new Azure Cobalt processors and Azure Maia AI accelerators—has joined rival Google Cloud to lead its silicon chip technology ...
MacRumors

Xiaomi Announces Custom Chip to Rival Apple Silicon

Chinese Apple competitor Xiaomi today announced the "Xring O1," a custom 3nm chip designed to rival Apple silicon (via Bloomberg). The company plans to switch its devices to custom silicon chips, just ...
techtimes

Xiaomi Is Creating Its Own Silicon Chip Called 'XRING 01' For Smartphones Using TSMC's Process

Xiaomi is now heading towards a significant change to its smartphone production as the company unveiled its plans to create its own silicon chips moving forward. Its first chipset will be called ...