Design News - June 27, 2005

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Later this year, semiconductor companies will begin volume production of chips with 65 nm circuits, just two years after the first 90 nm chips hit the market. At the same time, they're already moving from research to development for the next great leap in semiconductors: Shrinking the width of circuit lines to 45 nm.

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