Shrinking chips use novel recipe
Intel launches a new range of processors - known as Penryn - based on a new material to power PCs.

Colossus cracks codes once more
Code-cracking is once again being carried out at Bletchley to mark the end of the Colossus re-build project.

Green pigment spins chip promise
A green dye used by artists in the 18th Century could be used to make faster, more efficient microchips.

Antique engines inspire nano chip
The blueprint for a tiny, rugged mechanical computer has been inspired by ideas put forward 200 years ago.

Computing's super-fast future
The teleporting Australian physicists think ultra-quick quantum computers will be in action by 2035.

Chips push through nano-barrier
A major milestone in microchip production is achieved allowing smaller and higher performance chips.

History of the internet

Building the digital age
An interactive timeline showing key stages in the development of the chip industry and the digital age.

Fifteen years of the web
Fifteen years ago the web went worldwide. Use this timeline to trace its explosion from a tool for physicists to an indispensable part of everyday life.

Moore's Law on chips marks 40th
Moore's Law, the guiding principle that has driven the digital revolution, celebrates its 40th birthday.

Moore's Law original issue found
The original magazine in which Moore's Law was published is found under a UK engineer's floorboards.

Law that has driven digital life
Moore's Law, as a guide to push the electronics industry forwards, has had an immense impact, says one chip pioneer.

An industry built on sand
Analyst Malcolm Penn looks back over sixty years of the silicon chip industry.