AMD cuts time needed to shift chip-making method
Advanced Micro Devices said Tuesday that it was closing a technology gap with its rival Intel in about half the time required in the past to move to a new manufacturing process. The company also said it would soon begin selling a new graphics chipset called the 780 Series that, it said, enables low-priced computers to display graphics with the speed and clarity previously found on expensive PCs sold to video game players and graphic artists.
Sunnyvale-based AMD officials told guests at a computer industry trade show in Hanover, Germany, that it was on track to make the leap to 45-nanometer processing technology this year. Such a transition has historically taken AMD about two years, but the company now says it will achieve it in 12 to 18 months. Shrinking the size of the circuitry on chips allows chip makers to put more transistors on each chip, improving the chip’s overall performance and enabling longer battery life.
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