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Thoughts on Intel’s New 22nm 3D Transistors

by Peter Kastner on May 5, 2011 in Emerging Technology, Mobile Technology, Personal Computing, Semiconductors

Intel’s announcement yesterday announced the next generation of transistor process at 22 nm. New products based on the 22 nm transistors will begin arriving with the Ivy Bridge family in early 2012. What was not expected was that Intel would bet the fab on a radically new way of laying down transistors that puts the [...]

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Your Smartphone is About to Become Your Wallet

Your Smartphone is About to Become Your Wallet

by Peter Kastner on March 28, 2011 in Emerging Technology

A flurry of news over the past couple of months points to 2011 as the year new smartphones learned to replace your credit card and identification at retail checkout: Google Inc. is teaming up with MasterCard Inc. and Citigroup Inc. for Android phones. Google believes retail is a huge advertising opportunity; Persistent rumors that Apple’s iPhone 5 [...]

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