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The nerve center for a computer or pervasive computing device is its integrated circuit — "chip" for short. Chips perform requested calculations, manage the internal flow of data and handle the data inputs from, and outputs to, the user.
For years, the chip industry has marched in lock step to Moore's Law, the projection that the number of transistors on integrated circuits would double every 18 months or so. This remarkable rate of advancement has resulted in smaller feature sizes; improved manufacturing techniques, which allow making larger chips and wafers; and more efficient circuit designs and materials, which allow better circuit performance. We conduct industry-leading research in each of these areas.
Featured concepts:
Chip Checker
EinsTuner automates the transistor-design process. (June 2002)
Computing Unplugged
Magnetic RAM cures your computer of short-term memory loss. (February 2001)
IBM and Kymata Team to Develop Optical Chips
Moving closer to the realization of all-optical communications networks, IBM and Kymata Ltd. announced an agreement to produce next-generation optical networking chips. (November 2000)
New IBM Chip Doubles Computer Memory
IBM Researchers have designed a new chip that manages the way data is stored in RAM, doubling the amount of data without sacrificing speed. (August 2000)
The end of the road for Moore's Law?
When the steady rate of improvement in chips winds down, IBM's innovators intend to keep computer performance advancing by others means, including multiprocessing, novel transistor designs and perhaps radically new technology. (December 1999)
Shorter Circuits
For decades, the shrinking of transistors - and the resulting increase in chip density and performance - has been so steady you could almost set your watch by it. How long can this go on? (July 1998)
Back to the Future: Copper Comes of Age
A team of researchers turned an opportunity into an award-winning product, helping to launch a workstation that provides the functionality of much more expensive machines with the convenience. (December 1997)
Chip Verification on a Large Scale
During the past decade, a series of advances at IBM has revolutionized the way in which chips are verified. (April 1996)
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