IBM Speeds Chips With DRAM Memory
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Smaller, more efficient memory could double chip performance for gamers and multimedia use by 2008.
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InfoWorld - In an upgrade that could improve chip performance for gamers and multimedia users, IBM plans to double the performance of its microprocessors in 2008 by using smaller, more efficient memory, according to a paper presented at the ISSCC (International Solid State Circuits Conference) trade show in San Francisco Wednesday.
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Shared research produces fast, tiny memory ideal for consumer devices.
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IBM and Advanced Micro Devices have come up with a new way of straining silicon in a move that will allow them to make chips with better performance.
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A new memory technology, programmable metallization cell, could be 1000 times more efficient than flash memory.
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IBM has demonstrated a way to store data in a single atom, a technique that could someday be used in tiny processors.
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IBM says it is developing new  circuitry that could triple the data stored on a typical  microprocessor, and thereby double the performance of  computers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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New "Tulsa" chip for high-end x86 servers takes on Advanced Micro Devices with onboard cache memory.
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IBM and AMD have jointly developed a new method for implementing strained silicon technology on both positive and negative transistors, a technique they said could improve transistor speeds by as much as 24%.
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The new M-Cell Hyper-Drive from DTS adds 1GB of DRAM cache for faster operation.
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Samsung Electronics has created an innovative memory chip designed to boost the processing speed in mobile phones for handling digital video and other data-intensive applications.
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IBM today said it has demonstrated a technique that triples the performance of a standard semiconductor transistor with a process that is compatible with conventional CMOS technology.
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IBM--in a race with Intel--moves to make faster, smaller chips by building silicon transistors from a rare combination of metals.
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IBM is tweaking its semiconductor technology to help extend the performance of its servers and enterprise PCs, the company said Monday.
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Computer memory chip maker Micron  said on Wednesday it had indications that demand for DRAM  memory chips, used mainly in personal computers, would be  robust enough to soak up rising supply in 2005.
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A chip capable of more than a trillion calculations per second (teraflop) is unveiled by Intel.
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Chipmaker's speedy Pentium 4 gets even faster.