For decades, the tech industry has relied on the ability of semiconductor companies to wring more power out of computer chips, making the smartphones that fit in a hand today more capable than the computers that filled entire rooms 40 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While some experts worry that era of increased miniaturization is ending, IBM is saying not so fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The big tech company on Thursday released details of its next advance in chip manufacturing technology, which it says could keep that innovation going for another 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Using a novel approach to making smaller transistors that act as tiny switches in microprocessors and other chips, IBM said, the new production process can squeeze nearly twice as many transistors on a fingernail-size chip as the last technology it introduced in 2021. That will offer 50 percent greater computing performance and 70 percent better energy efficiency, the company said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p> $IBM<\/a> unveiled a 0.7nm \u201cnanostack\u201d 3D transistor design which it calls the first sub-1nm chip technology.
IBM says it could fit 100B transistors on a fingernail-sized chip, reach production within ~5 years and deliver up to 70% better efficiency versus 2nm. pic.twitter.com\/psH3RxKGmC<\/a><\/p>— Shay Boloor (@StockSavvyShay) June 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>