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Silicon Innovation: Leaping from 90 nm to 65 nm (PDF 3MB)

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High-k/metal gate
3-D and III-V Transistors
  • Hybrid silicon laser
      Hybrid silicon laser
      Researchers at Intel and the University of California, Santa Barbara have developed a new hybrid silicon laser that could pave the way for tera-scale optical interconnects.

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    Intel tri-gate transistors debut
      Silicon
      Intel researchers have developed improved CMOS tri-gate (3-D) transistors—the first to integrate high-k gate dielectrics and strained silicon to produce record drive currents and transistor efficiency.

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