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Strained Silicon Chips From Intel

Posted by timothy on from the try-ace-bandages dept.

Quirk writes "NewScientist is reporting... "Intel has taken the wraps off a secret technique it is using'Strained silicon' chips to increase the speed of its Pentium and Centrino chips. The technique boosts the rate at which transistors switch, without having to make them smaller.""

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  1. Strained silicon?!!? by BWJones · · Score: 4, Funny

    Shoot, I should tell you about strained silicon. That overclocking experiment I did a couple years ago went horribly wrong when the water pump failed and smoke started pouring out of the case. THAT was decidedly strained silicon. :-)

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  2. Future bad headlines for this technology by Craig+Maloney · · Score: 4, Funny

    Intel sees chip futures strained
    Intel strains to find new chips
    Intel strains to make chips faster

    etc... ad nauseum.

    1. Re:Future bad headlines for this technology by ozric99 · · Score: 5, Funny

      .... Apple introduces their fledgling product: iStrain.

  3. And the competitors by JanneM · · Score: 5, Funny

    In a response, AMD announced development of "stressed silicon", while VIA reportedly has only managed to "get their silicon slightly worried", according to one unnamed source. China, meanwhile, announced a multi-million dollar project to have silicon going into hysterics within five years.

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