Moore's Law seen extended in chip breakthrough

Reuters by Scott Hillis | Jan. 28, 2007 (News Report)

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp. and IBM have announced one of the biggest advances in transistors in four decades, overcoming a frustrating obstacle by ensuring microchips can get even smaller and more powerful.

The breakthrough, achieved via separate research efforts and announced on Friday, involves using an exotic new material to make transistors -- the tiny switches that are the building blocks of microchips. Full Story »

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3.8

by Marty Heyman - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a better, though shorter, story than the one run by the NY Times. It is better balanced (though still ignoring the earlier TI announcement and the AMD 23 nm factory announcement). It lacks the nice graphics and pretty photo, but it is overall a stronger story.

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by Henry Wong - Oct. 1, 2008

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by Nick Pollitt - Oct. 1, 2008

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3.5

by Paul-André Raymond - Oct. 1, 2008

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4.4

by andrew lenz - Oct. 1, 2008

A reasonably mundane report on what all computer buffs and government eavesdroppers have been waiting for - nanocircuitry close to atomically impossible. They should delight in reading this.

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