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Nvidia launches CMP, cryptocurrency mining processor, may alleviate gaming chip shortages

Nvidia has seen gaming GPU shortages because the processors were being used to mine cryptocurrency. Now Nvidia is giving miners what they want with Nvidia CMP.

February 18, 2021 by Larry Dignan

Ion implant systems manufacturer Buckley Systems lays off 45

Manufacturer of silicon chip fabrication technology says it is facing a cyclical downturn and suffering under a high New Zealand dollar.

July 31, 2014 by Rob O'Neill

AMD slips on water goal, beats emissions target

Two months after resetting some of its goals with respect to environmental performance, Advanced Micro Devices has released the 16th version of its corporate responsibility report (a whopper at 83 pages).Here are some highlights related to the company's global environmental goals and performance:For its non-manufacturing sites, AMD achieved a 6 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions during 2010.

May 3, 2011 by Heather Clancy

AMD pushes reset on environmental goals

Just received a heads-up that chip-maker Advanced Micro Devices has updated some of its environmental and corporate sustainability initiatives based, in part, on the fact that the activity in its baseline year, 2009, was much lower than normal. The reason that AMD reset its goals back in that year was because it sold off most of its manufacturing operation to Global Foundries, which obviously had an impact on its footprint.

February 14, 2011 by Heather Clancy

Caltech claims quantum leap in solar tech

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) are claiming a breakthrough in solar chip design that they believe will help make solar technology more efficient--and cheaper.I'm not a solar scientist, but the researchers apparently have achieved this by embedding silicon wire arrays throughout the design.

March 8, 2010 by Heather Clancy

New and better solar cells

What semiconductors famously did for computers and digital communication, they now promise to do for solar energy. Bring more efficiency, speed and lighter weight.

July 24, 2009 by Harry Fuller

Japanese researchers downplay super CPU effort

A group of Japanese researchers are collaborating on a software standard for multicore processors to be used in a range of technology products.

September 28, 2009 by Vivian Yeo

Regicide and some possible greentech solutions

Long live the king? Hardly, he's been hung by the neck until dead.

May 13, 2009 by Harry Fuller

Here comes some R and D: nanotech in carville

Some brave Angelenos will be working on nano-tech for combatting global warming. Yes, right there amid freeways and palpable smog and all the gas-burning cars in Los Angeles, some engineers will be using federal money to find nano-ways to more efficiently capture solar energy.

May 5, 2009 by Harry Fuller

News to know: Layoffs at AT&T, Adobe, Real; AMD warns; $99 iPhone

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily:Larry Dignan: AT&T cuts 12,000 jobs, will cut capital spendingJason D.

December 4, 2008 by Sam Diaz