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Computer Advancement: Intel Transistors

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http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/05/intel_adds_a_third_dimension_t.html

Intel's Oregon scientists have overhauled the most basic structure in computer chips, the culmination of a decade of work to re-imagine the microprocessor.

By adding a third dimension to the transistor, which is typically flat, Intel reached upward to boost computing speeds and conserve energy in a new generation of computers.

It's the latest breakthrough -- and among the most significant in many years -- in the never-ending quest to make semiconductors faster, smaller and cheaper.

"These benefits will extend across the entire range of our product line, from the highest performance products to the smallest handheld devices," Bill Holt, Intel vice president and general manager of its technology and manufacturing group, said Wednesday.

The new "Tri-Gate" technology is now in the final stages of development inside Intel's D1D research factory, at its Ronler Acres campus near Hillsboro Stadium.

Intel will start making the first processors with the new technology there late this year, and they'll be widely available in PCs and laptops early in 2012.

But they won't be incorporated in Intel's mobile processor, called Atom, until somewhat later. So Tri-Gate won't immediately solve Intel's most pressing shortcoming, its inability to place its processors in smartphones and tablet computers.

Still, Intel said that it believes its Tri-Gate transistors give it a commanding lead in chip technology over other companies pursuing similar 3-D technology.

"The real challenge is to make it manufacturable," said Mark Bohr, a top Intel scientist from Hillsboro. "I think Intel will enjoy at least a three-year lead in the industry."
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MaxBuck;1917658; said:
This is a serious development. Not only serious, but seriously serious.
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Apache;1917851; said:
What will they think of next? Automobiles that talk to you and tell you where to go? Hand held phones where people can call you wherever you happen to be? Satellite television? Traffic lights that take pictures when you run a light? Apple is working on portable devices like an iPad and an iPod and all kinds of gadgets? The Japanese are working on a kissing machine? Dang what's next........lol As Descartes said, "I spell-check therefore I am." :biggrin:
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