X-bit labs

Chips Cooling Basics: You Have the Choice

[ 06/09/03 | by Andy Yaschenko]

Finding a suitable cooling solution for your system has always been a very important issue. But what do you actually know about cooling? A fan, a heatsink and some paste in-between... Well, this is the most common stuff, but in reality cooling is much more exciting than that. Go and find it out yourself!

CRT, LCD, OLED: Evolution of the Screen...

[ 05/22/03 | by Andy Yaschenko]

Do you know where the today’s LCD displays come from? And where this industry is going to? OLED technology is going to be the next huge breakthrough in the display evolution. Our detailed investigation of the screen evolution history will help you to get ready for the new OLED era.

Production Technologies: Behind the Scenes

[ 05/20/03 | by Andy Yaschenko]

In this article we take a close look at the contemporary manufacturing technologies used in the semiconductor industry. We tried to raise the curtain of mystery over the transistors and other chips manufacturing process, and to evaluate the prospects of the current and upcoming technological processes.

Moore’s Law

[ 05/08/03 | by Anna Filatova]

We decided to devote this editorial to Moore’s Law, which is the fundamental law of the semiconductor industry. In this article we are going to tell you more about the history of Moore’s law, its major statements and its future. Will it still be valid a few years ahead?

Chess Championship: Humans vs. Computer

[ 05/04/03 | by Lev Dymchenko]

During the last 10 years computers penetrated into various spheres of human life. In the today’s article we will try to find out how well computers can play chess and if it would be correct to say that artificial intelligence is superior to human mind.

The Impact of Intel-VIA Settlement on the Industry

[ 04/15/03 | by Anton Shilov]

Last week Intel and VIA Technologies settled all their legal disputes that lasted for a year and a half and finally changed the war for piece. It is still to be decided whether Intel or VIA will get more advantages from this settlement since we do not know the terms of the deal, but let us take a look at how the agreement between the largest semiconductor company and the number one chipset designer in Taiwan will influence the personal computer hardware market in general.