United We Stand

Creating a viable fabrication process with features below 45 nm requires an enormous expenditure of effort and resources. Seven major semiconductor manufacturers have banded together to conduct the basic research and development, until issues have been addressed. Although AMD and IBM are members, interestingly Intel is not. Is this a good move for the industry?

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