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Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2007 Gurnett & Adams	Merging the Functionalities of Silicon, and III-Vs: Two Promising Approaches One of the least flexible rules in electronic design is the need to keep silicon devices, and compound semiconductor devices separate. Two new developments are now threatening to make this rule partly or entirely obsolete.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2005 Dan Bloom	Does ADE Pass the Test? ADE looks like a promising small cap in the chip-equipment sector.
Chemistry World November 18, 2015 Nelly Berg	A bright future for silicon solar cell recycling South Korean scientists have developed a sustainable process to reclaim silicon wafers from old solar panels and used the salvaged silicon to build new solar cells.
IEEE Spectrum February 2005 Singh & Thakur	Chip Making's Singular Future Beleaguered chip makers are counting on single-wafer manufacturing, which makes ICs on one wafer at a time, to cut costs and get chips to market faster.
IEEE Spectrum October 2011 Ozpinec & Tolbert	Silicon Carbide: Smaller, Faster, Tougher Meet the material that will supplant silicon in hybrid cars and the electric grid
Technology Research News October 22, 2003 Eric Smalley	Nanowires make flexible circuits Nanowires might one day be used to make microscopic machines. But before then they could help liberate computer circuits from the rigid, expensive confines of silicon chips. A process that makes thin films from semiconductor nanowires improves the prospects for plastic electronics and electronic paper.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2010 Anders Bylund	Will This Bidding War Go On? How much more can Microchip pay for Silicon Storage? Penny-pinching investors will soon find out.
The Motley Fool December 16, 2003	Implanter Implodes Ibis Technology's stock tanked after it announced that revenues would be lower for Q4. The company's reliance on one large customer for its semiconductor products is risky.
The Motley Fool April 3, 2011 Cindy Johnson	Here's How Silicon Wafer Shortages Could Pressure Your Tech Stocks Japan's earthquake may even hurt suppliers with no production constraints.
The Motley Fool August 1, 2011 Anders Bylund	Meet 1 Winner in the Memory Wars Rising prices plus larger unit volumes equals big profits.
IndustryWeek November 1, 2003 Traci Purdum	Bigger, Better, Faster Intel Corp. converts 200-mm wafer factory in Chandler, Ariz. The result: increased productivity.
IEEE Spectrum August 2007 Samuel K. Moore	Z-RAM to Take on DRAM with Hynix Deal The Swiss memory company Innovative Silicon says it has struck a deal to license its technology to the No. 2 maker of standalone DRAM memory chips, Hynix Semiconductor, based in Inchon, South Korea. The technology, called Z-RAM could double the density of Hynix's memory chips.
The Motley Fool July 7, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Suntech Power Has Big Plans Suntech Power's 10-year supply agreement with MEMC Electronic Materials suggests big expectations for growth. Patient and risk-tolerant investors could be in for some sunny days.
Chemistry World February 14, 2010 Simon Hadlington	Efficient solar cells from silicon wires US researchers have designed a new silicon-based solar cell which uses 100 times less silicon than conventional photovoltaic devices.
Technology Research News July 28, 2004	Process prints silicon on plastic The components could be used in flexible large-area displays, radiofrequency ID tags, sensors, and flexible applications like reconfigurable antennas.
Technology Research News September 8, 2004	Pure Crystal Promises Hardy Chips Silicon carbide is hardier than than the plain silicon most computer chips are made from, and so theoretically could be a useful material for computer chips that must withstand extreme environments and high-power applications.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2010 Anders Bylund	This Stock Has Cornered a Niche Massive resources versus myopic expertise is an unfair fight -- the smaller guy wins.
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The Motley Fool January 19, 2011 Michael Kanellos	Evergreen Solar and the Politics of Failure Evergreen is in trouble, but can the Chinese really be blamed for everything?
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The Motley Fool February 9, 2009 Anders Bylund	Profitable Poetry In Silicon Motion Net profits and strong new sub-markets add up to a bright future for the computer memory market in Taiwan.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006 Gurnett & Adams	Taming the Gallium Arsenide Dicing Process A 2-inch gallium nitride wafer puts a thin film of GaN on a diamond base. One application: high-power, high-frequency power amplifiers.
InternetNews March 26, 2004 Michael Singer	IBM Breeds Cross-Foundry Design Program The company strikes a deal with Chartered Semi, Artisan Components, and Virage Logic to advance its 90-nanometer plans.
IEEE Spectrum January 2012 Rachel Courtland	3-D Chips Grow Up In 2012, 3-D chips will help extend Moore's Law - and move beyond it.
Technology Research News March 9, 2005	Silicon Chip Laser Goes Continuous Useful lasers made from silicon would make it possible to move data between and within computer chips using light rather than electricity. This would make for faster chips that could be more tightly integrated with optical communications equipment.
IEEE Spectrum November 2006 Samuel K. Moore	Laser on Silicon Scientists have managed to combine an indium-phosphide light emitter and a silicon chip to produce a hybrid laser that, years from now, could lead to cheap terabit-per-second connections within and around computers.
IEEE Spectrum January 2007 Samuel K. Moore	Masters of Memory Swiss firm Innovative Silicon crams 5 megabytes of RAM into the space of one. Their chip is called called Z-RAM, and if it grabs even a little piece of the on-chip memory market, it will change the ground rules for microprocessor design and will quickly become a company to be reckoned with.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2005 Rich Duprey	FormFactor Back to Form Chip-test company recovers from contamination problem to report higher revenues. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 9, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	More Power to National Semi Easier comparisons and an improving business mix are helping this analog chip company. Investors, so long as consumers still want portable electronic gadgets, there could still be more growth ahead for National Semi.
Technology Research News February 9, 2005	Silicon nanocrystal transistor shines A nanocrystal field-effect light-emitting device (FELED) could be used to integrate light sources on computer chips. This would allow the light sources and control circuits of display and communications device to be fabricated together, making for a faster, cheaper manufacturing process.
PC Magazine March 14, 2007 Dylan Tweney	What's Inside Your Laptop? We reveal the components inside a typical notebook PC and explain where they come from.
InternetNews July 25, 2005 David Needle	Intel's Arizona Plans Are FABulous Intel is sinking $3 billion into a new chip manufacturing plant, focused on the company's most cutting edge 45 nanometer process technology for future computing platforms. The new technology lowers the cost of chip production.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2006 Tim Beyers	IBM Finding Nemo Big Blue has created a technology called Nemo that will allow it do more with less when it comes to manufacturing chips. This might well be a huge win for the chipmakers. Investors, take note.
Chemistry World September 19, 2014 Hayley Simon	Dragonfly crystals on a silicon wafer Individual, dragonfly-shaped crystals have been grown on the surface of a silicon wafer dipped slowly into a solution of dotriacontane -- a 32 carbon alkane.
IndustryWeek September 1, 2008 Jill Jusko	Low-Cost LED Lighting Advances Breakthrough by Purdue University could help reduce energy consumption.
Chemistry World March 7, 2007 Lionel Milgrom	Diatoms Transformed Into Silicon Sensors Materials scientists have found a simple method of converting frustules - the intricate silica-based skeletons of common single celled photosynthetic organisms called diatoms - into pure silicon structures with many applications.
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Chemistry World October 2007 Philip Ball	The Crucible Feel free to make photovoltaics better. But don't forget they have to be cheaper, too.
Technology Research News August 10, 2005 Eric Smalley	Ice transforms chipmaking Spraying water vapor onto cold silicon could be a simple way to make computer chips. The key is etching nanoscale lines into the resulting ice to make microscopic computer circuits. The process is environmentally friendly to boot.
The Motley Fool February 14, 2008 Tim Beyers	Hot Flashes From Silicon Motion Silicon Motion, the Taiwanese supplier of controllers for flash memory, may be a Valentine's Day 'hot, hot, hot!' investment choice.
The Motley Fool July 11, 2007 Toby Shute	China Sunergy's Silicon Squeeze Investors, don't forget to consider the solar cell company's ability to obtain silicon wafers.
Technology Research News February 23, 2005	Metal atoms make silicon magnetic Devices made from magnetic semiconductors can make use of the spin of the electron in addition to its charge. These spintronics devices are potentially faster and consume less power than today' electronics.
Technology Research News July 16, 2003 Eric Smalley	Cheaper optics-chip link on tap One of the best ways to speed up the Internet would be to extend all the way to the home the fiber-optic lines that make up the Net's backbone. One piece of the fiber-to-the-home puzzle is a low-cost way of converting light pulses to electrical signals. A new semiconductor may do the trick.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Is Taiwan Semiconductor Hiding in Plain Sight? Yes, semiconductor fabrication is cyclical and volatile, but it's also lucrative. This company is either a real value in the tech sector or seductive bull bait leading investors into a value trap.
The Motley Fool July 22, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Silicon Labs: Chips, Cheap The chip maker still struggles, but it's also banking cash. The company's shares are selling for 20.1 times expected 2006 earnings. For a cash-rich company with Silicon Labs' anticipated growth, that's downright cheap.
Geotimes November 2003 Lisa Corathers	Mineral Resource of the Month: Silicon The Silicon Commodity Specialist for the U.S. Geological Survey has compiled this information about silicon, an extremely versatile mineral with many applications in the manufacture of iron and steel, aluminum alloys, chemicals, and electronic microchips.
Technology Research News February 9, 2005	All-silicon chip laser demoed Researchers from Intel have moved a step forward in the push to meld lasers and silicon chips, which could eventually be used in portable biological and chemical sensors, to amplify communications signals, and to convert light to different wavelengths.