News Item: : Silicon Squeeze Speeds Chip
(Category: Technology)
Posted by xantham
Tuesday February 07 2006 - 17:00:48

IBM said Monday it has developed new chipmaking methods that will allow its upcoming Power6 computer processor to run twice as fast as current versions.

Instead of just making transistors smaller, IBM came up with a process to alter how silicon behaves by placing a layer of insulator underneath a layer of silicon less than 500 atoms thick, said Bernard Meyerson, chief technologist of IBM's technology group.

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