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IBM debuts world’ s first sub-1 nanometer chip technology
IBM has unveiled a major semiconductor breakthrough with the introduction of the world’ s first sub-1 nanometer( nm) chip technology, featuring a revolutionary transistor architecture at the 0.7 nm, or 7 angstrom node. The achievement marks a landmark moment for an industry facing the physical limits of traditional chip scaling. Semiconductors play critical roles in everything from computing, to appliances, to communication devices, transportation systems, and critical infrastructure.
IBM’ s new sub-1 nm chip packs nearly 100 billion transistors onto a chip the size of a fingernail, nearly twice the density of IBM’ s 2 nm chip, unveiled in 2021. Enabled by a series of structural and material innovations, including IBM’ s groundbreaking three-dimensional nanostack architecture, the technology demonstrates how continued gains in performance and efficiency remain possible even as chip features approach atomic dimensions.
Published technical results report the new chip is projected to offer a substantial leap in capability – up to 50 percent more performance, or 70 percent greater energy efficiency than IBM’ s 2 nm node chips – supercharging compute for applications ranging from generative AI and cloud infrastructure to nextgeneration electronic devices.
To produce this chip, IBM researchers developed an entirely new transistor architecture, called“ nanostack,” the industry’ s first known three-dimensional, nanosheet-based design. Nanostack represents a major advance beyond nanosheet technology, the industry’ s current leading-edge architecture, invented by IBM.
Shaffra unveils Subconscious AI for enterprise AI workforces
Shaffra, a Saudi-based enterprise AI company building autonomous AI workforce infrastructure for governments and large organisations, has launched Subconscious AI. Introduced before senior government representatives, enterprise leaders, investors, and technology stakeholders, Subconscious AI marks a major step in Shaffra’ s vision to move enterprise AI beyond chatbots and copilots toward intelligent AI workforces that can operate with memory, context, and governance inside real organisations. time, improving efficiency, continuity, and decision support across complex enterprise workflows.
“ The next phase of enterprise AI will not be defined by chatbots or copilots, but by AI systems that can operate with memory, context and accountability inside real
organisations,” said Alharith Alatawi, CEO and Co-Founder of Shaffra.“ Subconscious AI is built for this shift. It gives autonomous AI teams the ability to retain what matters, prioritise business knowledge, and act with stronger organisational context. This is what makes AI practical, governed and valuable at enterprise scale.”
Subconscious AI has been developed as the cognitive intelligence layer within Shaffra’ s Enterprise AI Workforce Platform. It enables autonomous AI teams to remember what matters, prioritise relevant knowledge, and reason with stronger business context by creating a continuously updated layer of organisational intelligence. Instead of repeatedly processing full historical data, AI employees can access the most relevant information in real
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