IBM, AMD Work to Shrink Chips

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edited September 2004 in Science & Tech
IBM and Advanced Micro Devices have tacked a three-year extension onto their December 2002 collaboration agreement that could see the two companies work on chip-making technologies based on a 32-nanometer process. The agreement was set to expire at the end of 2005, but now extends until December 31, 2008.
The most advanced chip-making processes today can create wires on a microchip that are as small as 90 nanometers, but IBM and AMD were collaborating on techniques to shrink them even further. (A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter.) "We were already collaborating on 65-nanometer and 45-nanometer technology," said Chris Andrews, an IBM spokesman. "Now we've also added joint development on 32-nanometer technology to the agreement." Though both IBM and AMD maintain chip-making foundries, the updated agreement gives AMD the right to have a third party manufacture chips based on the jointly developed technology, Andrews said.
Source: PC World
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