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BetaNews reports: 1/30

We reported on BN's report on Saturday about how Intel is planning to use hafnium to build the gates of the 45nm scale chips.  Well IBM has done the same thing, IBM processes are also tied to AMD and the Cell processors.  They are also using hafnium.

On the very same day that Intel announced to the world it had developed the critical formula for the material that will replace silicon dioxide as the dielectric gate in transistors for metal oxide semiconductors, its biggest arch-rival in the research and development field, IBM, announced the very same thing.

The still secret material, for years considered the "Holy Grail of semiconductor science," will enable transistors to scale down to the seemingly impossible levels Intel requires to feed the monster that is Moore's Law.

Kacey Green
www.GRLT.com
"Tech with a twist of lime!"

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Kacey Green said:

Great minds think alike? I was wondering how AMD planned to jump ahead two steps in size to compete with Intel next year, I guess now we know. I wonder if this will affect the next Xbox.

January 31, 2007

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