Now that IBM and Intel have both created chips using 45nm process technology, it’s clear chip technology will continue at least a little longer on the path predicted by Moore’s Law, with ever-tinier creations coming out every two years or so. High-k metals, in particular, appear to help solve one of the biggest problems that have dogged chip designers and manufacturers in recent years: power leakage. The result? A win-win for both manufacturers and consumers.
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Tiny Transistors: Better Things Come in Small Packages
Posted by: Katherine Noyes March 15, 2007 04:00 AMNow that IBM and Intel have both created chips using 45nm process technology, it’s clear chip technology will continue at least a little longer on the path predicted by Moore’s Law, with ever-tinier creations coming out every two years or so. High-k metals, in particular, appear to help solve one of the biggest problems that have dogged chip designers and manufacturers in recent years: power leakage. The result? A win-win for both manufacturers and consumers.