Chip giant Intel claims to have cleared a major hurdle in the quest to maintain power and heat efficiency in computer chips by discovering a process to shrink the transistors on the chip smaller and smaller to atomic levels. The Santa Clara, California-based company said it has identified new materials that could replace those used in the industry for 30 years, tackle the issue of electrical leakage and give further credence to Moore’s Law — a theory named after Intel co-founder Gordon Moore that says the number of transistors on a chip doubles every 18 months.
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Intel Discovers New Insulation for Future Chips
Posted by: Jay Lyman November 5, 2003 10:16 AMChip giant Intel claims to have cleared a major hurdle in the quest to maintain power and heat efficiency in computer chips by discovering a process to shrink the transistors on the chip smaller and smaller to atomic levels. The Santa Clara, California-based company said it has identified new materials that could replace those used in the industry for 30 years, tackle the issue of electrical leakage and give further credence to Moore’s Law — a theory named after Intel co-founder Gordon Moore that says the number of transistors on a chip doubles every 18 months.