A sophisticated new process crams up to 40% more transistors onto their 16 new chips.The world's largest semiconductor company expects to start shipping 16 new microprocessors _ which also boast inventive new materials to stanch electricity loss _ for use in servers and high-end gaming PCs .A customer leaves a Wal-Mart in Mountain View, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007. The outlook for the holiday shopping season grew bleaker Thursday after retailers announced disappointing October sales results due to consumers' ongoing worries about housing and higher energy prices. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)DiggNewsvinedel.icio.usStumble It!RedditFacebook» Links to this articleThe most complex chips being launched Monday have 820 million transistors, compared with the 582 million transistors on the same chips built using the current standard technology. Intel's first chips, introduced in the early 1970s, had just 2,300 transistors.
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