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Let's Get Small: Hitachi and IBM Drive Semiconductor Down to Almost Atomic Level

Two-year research deal pushes for smaller, faster processors.

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By DE Editors  

March 18, 2008

By Doug Barney

IBM Corp. and Hitachi, Ltd. will spend the next two years trying to build smaller and smaller semiconductors — hoping to create intelligent chips little bigger than an atom.

The duo will focus on 32 and 22 nanometer (one nanometer is a mere billionth of a meter) semiconductors, a direction AMD and Intel are also headed.

Such small processors save power and increase density, allowing for smaller and smaller devices, and will ultimately revolutionize our machines.

http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/23662.wss

 

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