Intel Corp (INTC)

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It's just too bad that no semis are researching techniques that are viable in terms of cost and manufacturability.

All do. Howvever first you look for what works, and from what works you look what can be brought to manufacturability.

Metal gates work, and deliver benefits. But this does not come for free. It is the reason Intel added one fab from its plan of three 45nm fabs last year to four.

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