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

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

  2. 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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