Intel and IBM separately announced that they had developed new technology to prevent electrical current leaks from transistors. This effectively allows them to create smaller transistors continuing Moore’s law which is more of a good estimate than a law which states that the transistors on an integrated circuit double every two years.

They managed to pull this off by trading off the silicon dioxide used for the past 40 years for metallic materials. Not only is this going to allow for more processing power for desktop chips but it should allow for cell phones to encroach on desktop computing capabilities. Hit the link for the original Washington Post article.

[Via Washington Post]