Intel Digging Deep For Less Power

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Intel has turned to "tri-gate" transistors for its 32nm technology, at the 2006 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits in Honolulu, Hawaii, Intel indicated that the tri-gate transistor, often also referred to as "3D transistor" may in fact be a technology that will make it into production one day.

While Intel has found solutions to keep the traditional gate architecture alive through the introduction of strained silicon to enhance electron flow and a so called "high-K" gate material in place of silicon dioxide to reduce current leakage, additional shrinks may require completely new approaches to control leakage and improve transistor performance. One possible solution could be tri-gate transistors, Intel believes.

Will this tech see light of day in our first 32nm processors? I don't know just yet but it deems promising.

Source: TG Daily