Silicon is the understated hero of the modern world, found in everything from CPUs and medical implants to precious stones, window glass, and bakeware. But what makes silicon so special?

A law that regulates mining silica sand may incidentally raise the price of microprocessors used to facilitate the writing of an electronic article. It is certainly not obvious that the First ...

CES AMD unleashed a flood of CPUs at the annual CES super-conference this week in Las Vegas – chips that span the gamut from high-end desktop processors to those aimed at gaming notebooks, handhelds ...