FARGO — Progress on the metro flood-control project took another big step forward with selection of the contractor that will build the largest of three gated control structures to regulate the flows ...

The IC industry is headed toward a new era of scaling–and uncertainty–as chip makers race to develop the key building blocks for the next-generation transistor: high-k dielectrics and metal gates.

A massive gate structure is being welded in place out in the field. The welders work efficiently to align secure and ...

San Francisco — Applied Materials Inc. took a big step into the high-k/metal-gate arena last week, rolling out a trio of tools for advanced gate-stack and related applications at 45 nanometers. Intel ...