From Silicon Valley to Station X during the Second World War, why Romania is teeming with software developers, and Zhongguancun in China where Microsoft is building its Chinese headquarters.

World's first mode-locked silicon evanescent laser.

New technology needed to maintain current pace of development.

Intel has released a short animated video illustrating the process by which sand is turned into silicon and a CPU. But the over-simplicity has us leaning towards AMD's older and more interesting video

Princeton boffins tout advantages of graphene.

Aims to repurpose around three million discarded silicon wafers yearly.

Photonics project hits new benchmark.

Low leakage technology reaches Asic processors.

Silicon Color bought for undisclosed sum.

Analysts at Gartner have got all excited about the fact that carbon chips are now ready for mass production.

Web search company Google Inc. said on Wednesday it plans to partner with U.S. space agency NASA on space research and to build a new campus at the agency's research center in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Scientists are betting on a new high tech material, which is among the strongest and thinnest known materials in the universe

Physicists have confirmed the existence of bismuth telluride, a material that promises to push aside silicon in the manufacture of faster and more efficient computer chips using a process known as Spintronics

First working silicon promised for late 2007.

In-Stat notes that the technology is currently doing well, but faces tougher times ahead.

In-Stat notes that the technology is currently doing well, but faces tougher times ahead.

In-Stat notes that the technology is currently doing well, but faces tougher times ahead.

We've all had great ideas in idle moments that are either forgotten or impractical, but these are people who identified technological advances and made them happen..

From the moon landing, to the rise of Apple and Google, we rate the most inspiring technology moments in history.

Last week, we looked at the geeks who created iconic technologies. This week, we examine the executives who pushed those technologies into becoming the basis of some of the largest businesses in the world.