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...Strained silicon' to pump up chips

...International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) next week that detail their work on "strained silicon," a manufacturing technique that promises to boost processor performance by up... Read more

6 December, 2002 by John G.Spooner

Strained silicon speeds AMD's chips

Advanced Micro Devices has begun to incorporate a form of strained silicon into its chips, in a design twist that will let the... Read more

20 August, 2004 by Michael Kanellos

IBM, AMD team up to strain silicon

...DSL, the technique will ideally eliminate much of the complexity involved with strained silicon. Chips containing DSL are quietly already being sold, but both companies... Read more

13 December, 2004 by Michael Kanellos

AMD unveils triple-gate transistor

...s Prescott chip, shipping to computer manufacturers later this year, will contain strained silicon, but Intel has yet to adopt silicon on insulator, which advocates... Read more

19 September, 2003 by Michael Kanellos

IBM combination technique speeds PC chips

...chips in a few years. The company has managed to combine both strained silicon and a silicon insulator into the same wafer. Strained silicon improves... Read more

9 September, 2003 by Michael Kanellos

Moore's Law to roll on for another decade

...through leakage. Designers are going to have to add technologies such as strained silicon to their chips and to redesign transistors to control energy consumption... Read more

11 February, 2003 by Michael Kanellos

Intel uses 'strained silicon' to increase chip power

...spreading out its silicon atoms. The Santa Clara-based chipmaker will use "strained silicon" - or silicon where the atoms in the chip's silicon base... Read more

13 August, 2002 by CNET Networks

...Strained silicon': How it works

Here's the science bit... Read more

13 August, 2002 by CNET Networks

AMD strains for processor improvements

...is examining how to incorporate a wide variety of cutting-edge concepts -- strained silicon, multi-gate transistors, replacing silicon with metal in key transistor components... Read more

12 June, 2003 by Michael Kanellos

Intel unveils new chip manufacturing technology

...out its silicon atoms. The Santa Clara, California-based chipmaker will use "strained silicon" -- or silicon where the atoms in the chip's silicon base... Read more

13 August, 2002 by Michael Kanellos

Venture-capital firms oppose US patent changes

...recently reached a licensing deal with Intel related to AmberWave patents for strained silicon used in chips. One point of contention has been a recurring... Read more

2 April, 2007 by Anne Broache

US tech firms lock horns over patent law

...recently reached a licensing deal with Intel related to AmberWave patents for strained silicon used in chips. One point of contention has been a recurring... Read more

30 March, 2007 by Anne Broache

Chip breaks speed record in deep freeze

...standard silicon chips: Intel adds minute amounts of the element to create strained silicon in its processors). At room temperature, the IBM-Georgia Tech chip... Read more

20 June, 2006 by Michael Kanellos

The problems of processor manufacture

Paulo Gargini, director of technology strategy at Intel, explains where processor technology is headed: It's all carbon nanotubes, MEMS, and stacking chips Read more

13 March, 2006 by Rupert Goodwins

Intel spices up silicon for ultrafast future

...one, zero. To increase performance, we need to look at electron mobility. Strained silicon can double that, but then we'll reach the limits." Electron... Read more

10 March, 2006 by Rupert Goodwins

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