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To: StanX Long who wrote (56225)	11/25/2001 9:07:24 PM
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Intel to use new SOI-based transistors for low-power processors in future By Mark LaPedus Semiconductor Business News (11/25/01 15:13 p.m. EST) Intel claims 'thin SOI' has advantages over traditional SOI in chip designs siliconstrategies.com SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- In a move to address the power concerns of future microprocessors, Intel Corp. here today announced a new transistor structure that marks the company's initial use of high-k dielectrics, epitaxial wafers, and a real shocker--silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology. Until now, Intel has dismissed SOI technology for use in processor designs. Meanwhile, Intel's new transistor--called the TeraHertz transistor--is expected to become the company's key building block for the development of 10-to-20-GHz processors by the second half of this decade. But the company also dropped hints that it could use pieces of its TeraHertz technology in its next-generation, 0.09-micron (90-nm) chips, which are due out in 2003--or sooner.