An integrated circuit (IC), also known as a microchip or chip, is a miniaturized electronic circuit consisting of transistors, resistors, capacitors, and other components fabricated onto a single ...

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 ...

On February 6, 1959, Jack Kilby from Texas Instruments filed a patent for the first ever integrated circuit, an invention ...

Practically every electronic device you own has something in common: they contain semiconductors, which are also known as microchips. Microchips are miniaturized integrated circuits, each designed to ...

Quantum communication has long promised unbreakable encryption, but the hardware has struggled to escape the lab. A new generation of laser-written glass chips is changing that equation, carving three ...

Photonic chips process and transmit information using light instead of electricity, guiding photons through microscopic structures on a chip.

Chen Weiliang (second from right), Chairman and CEO of MetaX, at the company's listing ceremony. China’s push for semiconductor self-reliance has minted its second billionaire in as many weeks as ...

Scientists at Rice University have created a microchip that uses 30 times less electricity while running seven times faster than today's best technology. The U.S.-Singapore team developing the ...

Brillouin scattering is seen as a natural hinderance in fiber optic cables. New developments in artificial Brillouin scattering could revolutionize circuits. By controlling how they operate, circuits ...

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 ...

In 1958, the American free-market economist Leonard E Read published his famous essay I, Pencil, in which he made his point ...