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• Red ring of death is closer than you think

  It can seem hard to believe that a company with all the resources of Microsoft can make make a billion-dollar mistake with a small chip-design fault. Yet chip design is not an exact science and Rupert Goodwins, who has been there himself, details how it can go horribly wrong.

• IBM explores biological binary for chip refinery

  Can scientists use the binary of biology, DNA, to grow carbon nanotubes into more efficient circuits? IBM thinks so.

• AMD: 45 nano manufacturing on schedule

  Advanced Micro Devices is not delaying 45-nanometer manufacturing, according to the company, which is trying to correct an erroneous report on a blog.

• Intel learns from insects to make 80-cores practical

  Researchers at chip giant Intel are looking to create insect-like exoskeletons that will help make 80-core processors work with today's software and hardware.

• Intel shows test chips made on future processes

  Moore's Law is on track, the chipmaker says, and it shows off 45-nanometer creations to prove it.

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  Can AMD hit back with Phenom II?

  Recent benchmarks of AMD's new 45nm Phenom II desktop CPUs reveal them to be very competitive when compared with Intel chips at similar prices, but is it enough to bring AMD back from the brink?

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• Start-ups search for hard-drive replacements

  The only question is which approach will work best -- using molten silicon, designer molecules, or maybe protein globules?

• HP to unveil nanotech breakthrough

  Hewlett-Packard researchers will unveil a major breakthrough in the field of nanotechnology, a milestone in the company's goal to build chips based on "molecular grids".

• More life in Moore's Law, creator says

  Moore's Law will slow down a bit but continue to chug along, said Gordon Moore, the law's namesake and an Intel co-founder.

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• A divide over the future of hard drives

  Heat or dots? The question is dividing the hard drive industry as it prepares for a major product overhaul.

• Chip talk

  What technologies are chip manufacturers using to create smaller and smaller chips?

• Intel produces chips for the next generation

  Intel said it has produced chips with the 65-nanometer manufacturing process, a strong sign the company will continue to keep pace with Moore's Law.

• Flash Forward

  As a size barrier looms for the memory chips, the industry works to come up with a successor.

• CPU Survival

  The exploding costs of fabrication facilities, combined with the technical hurdles of the next generation of chip design seem like unassailable hurdles for the microchip vendors and manufacturers.

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