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AMD sneaks strained silicon into chips

Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:27:19 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices has begun to incorporate strained silicon into its processors. By adding strained silicon, AMD will be able to give its processors a high performance boost. It won't be until the... Read more...

Intel's 90 nano technology to use strained silicon

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 13 Aug 2002 10:25:31 +0000

We know that Intel has planned to move from its current 130 nanometer to 90 nanometers for some time, but Barrett will describe a process called "strained silicon" which is already used by IBM. ... Read more...