Intel, IBM in advance to make chips smaller, more powerfulBreakthroughSlide 3The New ChipImplications for IntelImplications for UsIntel, IBM in advance to make chips smaller, more powerfulJavier VelezEntrepreneurship and TechnologyBreakthrough •Intel and IBM researchers separately discovered that a silvery metal called hafnium could be used to regulate the flow of electricity through transitors.•For the past four decades, silicon dioxide was the material used for this.What are transitors?-The tiny switches that are the building blocks of microchips and are responsible for processing the ones and zeroes of the digital world. -To get an idea of a transitor’s size, approximately 400 of Intel’s 45nm transitors could fit on the surface of a single human red blood cell.The New Chip•The new technology would regulate the flow of electricity through transitors more effectively which allows for:–Transitors to be made smaller, potentially doubling the total number in a given area. –Their speed can be increased by more than 20%.–Power leakage can be cut by 80% thus improving the energy efficiency of the transitor.Implications for Intel•Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are currently at a price war which has severely hurt Intel’s profit margins. •This new chip is expected to give Intel an edge in the coming year.•Speculation suggests that Intel and IBM research teams responsible for the breakthrough could win the Nobel prize.Implications for Us•Potentially smaller computers.•Computers that use less energy; battery life would be longer.•Faster, more powerful computers.•The new chip is likely to come out sometime this