Before the start of the prestigious 2006 Symposium on VLSI Technology, Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) (TI) unveiled details of a 45-nanometer (nm) semiconductor manufacturing process that leverages a "wet" lithography process to double the number of chips produced on each silicon wafer, increase processing performance and reduce power consumption. Through the use of numerous proprietary techniques, TI will drive the capabilities of its multi-million transistor, system-on-chip processors to new levels, increasing performance by 30 percent while reducing power consumption 40 percent.
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