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

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    Makers of computer chips should be able to keep boosting chip performance for at least 15 years despite some serious technical hurdles, the industry's trade group said.

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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.

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    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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