Arrow,
When IBM first announced "Copper Wired Chips", I guess it was two years ago, Intel was asked if they would adopt similar technology. As I recall, Intel stated, they saw no need to make the changeover for at least the next several years. They went on to state, the current aluminum technology would be sufficient to meet their near term performance requirements. Later, Intel suggested, that they would adopt the new copper technology once the bugs were worked out, and probably incorporate copper into their future .13 micron chips.
Now, I don't know if Intel will have to pay IBM a licensing fee for using the "copper wire technology", (Intel had said they were working on their own copper wiring technology at the time of the original IBM announcement), but I am quite sure that they will not be buying "general purpose copper wired chips" from IBM, as your post might suggest.
Best Regards,
Jules |
