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Show The Salt Lake Tribune BUSINESS Monday, November 26, 2001 New Intel Chips Are Faster, More Efficient BY MATTHEW FORDAHL ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS “What I’m lookingfor is 25 times more SAN JOSE,Calif. — In another step toward faster comDuters, Intel Corp. has: two new technologies that transistors, 10 times the speed and no power increase.” will help the tiny-transistors inside microprocessors run cooler,use less power and operate more efficiently. The new designs complement several recent breakthroughs in building minuscule transistors that form the basis of allmodern computing as they switch on-and off billions of times a second. Butas switches become tinier they use more power and release more heat. Unchecked, that would lead to short battery lives and computers too hot to be usable. “Ifwe continue along that trend, we're looking at ridiculous powerlevels — like a riuclear reactor or a rocket nozzle,” said Gerald Marcyk, director of Intel's Components Research Lab.“We wantto avoidthat.” Intel researchers will present the two technologies Dec. 3 during the International Electron Device Meeting in Washington. It turns outthat as transistors are made smaller, elecSeal current leaks from their microscopic components. ing power is needed for them oneuin to _ In onesolution, transistors are built in a thin layerof silicon on top of an embedded layer of insulator. The “depleted substrate”transistorhas 100 times lowerleakage currentsolutions, Marcyk said. Holiday Shoppers Give SomeRelief To Retail Stores < @ Continued from C-1 GERALD MARCYK Director of Intel’s Component Research Lab Theothersolution involves the use ofa new material — high k gate dielectric — that replaces silicon dioxide between the gate and active area of a transistor. The new material reduces leakage by more than 10,000 times. “WhatI'm lookingfor is 25 times more transistors, 10 times the speed and no powerincrease,” Marcyksaid. Earlier this year, Intel unveiled transistors just 20 nanometers wide. (A nanometer is about 10,000 times more narrow than a human hair.) Today’s Pentium 4 has 42 million transistors, each about 180 nanometers. ‘The number of transistors in a microprocessor is expected to be in the billions within a few years. But few would be interested if their computers raised electric bills or required a refrigeration system. The new technology is expected to be incorporated into Intel’s product lines as early as 2005, when microproces- sors will be as adeptat handling sounds and images as today’s chips are at crunching numbers, 7 a.m to noon. “T kindof feel like we're better off this year because the sales are better,” said Stacy Kosub, a 27-year-old attorney from Wichita Falls, Texas, who shopped at the Vista Ridge Mall in Dallas. “Everyone has knocked everything'so low because ofthe anticipated drop-off. I've actually spent more.” still, ivi weekendis A not ‘The Thanksgiving edition ana changed priorities were quite evident. Barnard said more shoppers were ‘usfhig cash instead of credit necessarily-a good indicator of how “T'm buying little less, but end retailers will perform for the entire season. In the past few years, the ing more time on what I buy, and weekend accounted for less than 10 spending more time with the family percent of sales, according to the In- too,” said Marsha Fowler, from Elkternational Council of Shopping view, W.Va., shopping at Charleston ‘Town Center Mall. Centers. More importantly, the weekendaf- - Some online retailers reported strong sales. Yahoo! Shopping saw a 70 percent increase in sales on Friday spentandgiven the current aificult and Saturday,according to Robert Sote, analysts were scrutinizing lomon, vice president and general manager. consumers’ every move. Kmart’s Bluelight.com Sawsales up To spur sales, retailers are giving bigger and earlier discounts than last 48 percent on Friday compared to the year, said spokesman. year, letting shoppers haggle over same time prices and coming up with some un- Dave Karraker. conventional enticements. For examSales were driven by merchandise ple, Sears, Roebuck and Co. on Satur- tied to the Harry Potter movie, video dayoffered 10 percentoff on all items, gameconsoles like PlayStation2, Nineven those already discounted, from tendo Game Boy Advance, and GameCube, as well as Leapfrog’s LeapPad. Other hits included DVD players and VCRs. Meanwhile, in shopping centers, Wal-Mart set a record for one-day sales, bringing in more than $1.25 billion Fridayat the company’s domestic Wal-Mart stores, Supercenters and Neighborhood Markets. Top-selling items included homeelectronics, toys and small appliances. Thatfigure was up from $1.1 billion a year ago. Otherretailers were less fortunate. Karen MacDonald, spokeswoman at Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based Taubman Centers, said sales might have run slightly aheadof last year atits 31 malls. Wally Brewster, senior vice president of corporate marketing at Chicago-based General Growth Properties, said a sampling of 40 out of 140 malls found sales were up 2 percent to 5 percent on Friday. Michael Gould, chairman of Bloomingdale’s, estimated the weekend’s sales were a “bit above expectations,” although business was difficult Saturday at its Manhattan flagship store, hurt by a drop in tourism. Thestore accounts for about 28 percentof the retailer's total sales. Gould called business “OK” outside ofManhattan onSaturday. Mayers Ls TRADEWINDS Compiled by Steven Overbeck Melanie Freeman hasjoinedthe Orem office of Intermountain Finan: cial Group/MassMutual as afinan cial service representative. She has worked in the financial services in: dustry for a year. Brent Allred, McVey : Melissa Cary, Jed Judd and Bob Mayers have joined CH2MHill's Salt Lake City office. Allred has joinedthefirmas an environmental consultant. Cary, an environmental scientist, has two years of experience working for the California Department of Transportation as an environmentalplanner. Judd, who joinedthefirm as a software developerandanalyst, has two years of experience working for iCentris. Mayers, a senior program manager,has 26 year's of experience and a master’s degree in civil engineering from New Mexico State University. Daniel A. Jensen, an attorney with the Salt Lake City law firm Parr Waddoups Brown Gee & Loveless, has been elected chairman of the Utah State Bar's Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Law section for the 2001-2002 term, John W. Andrewsof the Utah School & Institutional Trust Lands Administration was selected as chairmanelect. David B. Hartvigsen of the Nielsen & Senior law firm was elected secretary and Samuel D. McVey from the firm of Kirton & McConkie was chosen treasurer. Heidi J. McIntosh of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance was named lawyerof the year. James A, Holtkamp’ of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae waspresented the section’s Distinguished Service d. John B. Giles of Huddart Floral Co. earned the John A. Valentine Award from the Florist Transworld DeliveryAssociation. The award is named after the founder of FTD. Huddart Floral has been associ With FTD since 19 s ond generation florist and began working at Huddart whethe was 8 yearsold. Summer Bammes hasjoined the staff of McKinnon-Mulhern Inc., a communications and information design firm, as.office manager. She previously served as the unit coordinator for the medical/surgical unit and emergency room at Rocky Mountain Medical Center. Meredith Nelson has been promotedto senior information design- er. She has been with the firm 18 months. Grant Hogarth hasjoined thestaff as a senior information designer. He will develop ystem and user documentation and training materials for high-tech industries. FOR CATHY, “VENTING OVER THE PHONE” HAS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT MEANING. 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