Silicon Graphics Inc, pioneer in computerized special effects for movies, files for bankruptcy protection; agrees to give noteholders majority stake in company and cut $250 million in debt (M) By ...

Silicon is so important for electronics and computing that it’s become synonymous with technology – even getting a valley named after it – but the stuff still has its flaws. Now, scientists have ...

Foremost among silicon's distinguishing features is that, quite simply, there is a hell of a lot of it. After oxygen, it's the second most abundant element in the Earth's crust -- but don't expect to ...

In a bold challenge to silicon s long-held dominance in electronics, Penn State researchers have built the world s first working CMOS computer entirely from atom-thin 2D materials. Using molybdenum ...

Whether it's our phones, cars, televisions, medical devices or even washing machines, we now have computers everywhere. Using bigger computers, we solve bigger problems like managing the operation of ...