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  • "Strained silicon" pumps up chips

    Processor powerhouses IBM and Intel are set to reveal their plans to use the "strained silicon" technique to build faster, power-efficient chips--and maybe break free of Moore's Law.

  • AMD opens the transistor gates

    Advanced Micro Devices has created new high-performance transistors in its labs based on the simple concept that sometimes two are better than one.

  • Intel to unveil nanotech plans

    The chipmaker is set to give an idea of what will power its chips in the future as it discusses nanotechnology at its developer conference next week.

  • IBM feels the need for speed

    Big Blue is working on a new type of transistor that it says will vastly increase performance and reduce power consumption of chips in the coming decade.

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  • 'Strained silicon' to pump up chips

    Processor powerhouses IBM and Intel are set to reveal their plans to use the 'strained silicon' technique to build faster, power-efficient chips--and maybe break free of Moore's Law.

  • Intel unfurls experimental 3D transistors

    Intel plans to unveil more details behind its Tri-Gate transistor, an experimental circuit that could be important in the company's quest to keep up with Moore's Law.

  • Double-gate chip stops power leakage

    IBM scientists have made a working RAM chip with two gates for conducting electricity, but problems remain in developing a manufacturing process.

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  • Intel experiments with 3D transistors

    Transistors, the building blocks of microprocessors, may have only one place to go in the future according to Intel researchers: up.

  • Intel to unveil nanotech plans

    The chipmaker is set to give an idea of what will power its chips in the future as it discusses nanotechnology at its developer conference next week.

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