At a small local chapter meeting of a professional society, Gordon Moore's talk laid out the rudiments of what would become ...

Integrated circuits are the "brain" in computers, cell phones, and many other electronic devices. Scientists have demonstrated substantial improvements in integrated circuits, also known as silicon ...

As experimental quantum information processing (QIP) rapidly advances, an emerging challenge is to design a scalable architecture that combines various quantum elements into a complex device without ...

MediaTek, Inc. engages in the business of research and development, production, manufacturing, and marketing multimedia integrated circuits, computer peripherals oriented integrated circuits, and ...

A new scanning microscope developed at Brown University can uncover defects in the smallest and most complex integrated circuits at a resolution 1,000 times greater than current technology. The ...

Integrated circuits -- computer chips -- are truly wondrous, but they would be meaningless without their PCB skeleton, nervous system, and lifeblood. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on ...

You’re probably familiar with the little black boxes nestled neatly inside your favorite devices. With their diminutive size and unassuming characteristics, it can be hard to believe these vessels are ...

This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. Miniaturization is the principal driver of the semiconductor industry, and the most ...

Google and others have developed smart clothing with built-in integrated circuits, but what if the textile itself formed the circuit? That's the idea behind The Embroidered Computer, an interactive ...

The formal name of the chip. An integrated circuit (IC) combines thousands, millions or billions of transistors on a single substrate. A certain number of resistors and capacitors may also reside on ...