Latest Intel chip is `fastest'

INTEL said yesterday it had built the smallest and fastest transistor, the key building block for microprocessors, allowing it…

INTEL said yesterday it had built the smallest and fastest transistor, the key building block for microprocessors, allowing it to build speedier microprocessors for computers and other devices in the future. The transistor, which can finish two million calculations in the time it takes a speeding bullet to travel an inch, needs only low voltage to operate, Intel says.

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