IBM Demonstrates High-k/Metal Gate Chips

Last summer we discussed twin announcements from Intel and IBM/AMD about a new chip manufacturing technology dubbed high-k/metal gate. Intel is using the tech to improve speed and power consumption in its 45-nm chips. IBM, along with its manufacturing partners, just demonstrated chips it says show that high-k/metal gate technology at 32 nm can result in performance gains up to 30% and power savings up to 50%, compared to 45-nm process. IBM plans to be manufacturing 32 nm parts by the end of 2009. (AMD is not using high-k/metal gate yet, but it has access to the technology by virtue of its agreements with IBM.)

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Re:I hope AMD uses this technology

[geekoid]

Maybe if you wait, some other company will make a POS chip that runs hot.

"that made 64 bit mainstream, "

bwahahahahaha.

"and made intel actually improve their products. "
I repeat:
BWahahahahaha.

"They've done so much for the industry,"
the only thing they did was delay entry of multiple cores by creating a MHz war.

Sell.