Silicon Valley startup Lightmatter revealed on Wednesday it had developed a new type of computer chip that could both speed ...

[Danko]’s minimal circuit is about as small as possible for the DIP version of the venerable 555 chip. The BOM is stripped to the bone: just the chip, three resistors, a capacitor, and an LED.

He also realized a whole circuit could be made on a single chip. While Kilby had hammered out the details of making individual components, Noyce thought of a much better way to connect the parts.

The majority of the energy data centers suck up is used to help transfer data from chip to chip ... doing before founding the company. Asad’s background in electrical engineering led him ...

But energy efficiency is only part of nEye's goal. The startup is focusing on a type of chip called an optical circuit switch, which allows the owner of a data center to change how its computers ...

Intel had to convince BUSICOM that it was worth their while to invest in a new chip instead of the more basic design their engineers had devised. Instead of an -- albeit complicated -- circuit ...