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IBM Technology to Permit Smaller Phones

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Jun 5, 2002, 2:16 PM by (staff)

IBM's researchers have developed a new technique to graft microscopic frequency tuners and other devices onto processing chips. Within a few years, these hybrid chips could be used to increase the performance and battery life of wireless devices such as cellular phones. The microscopic machines, technically known as Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), do the work of current components such as radio frequency receivers. However, they are smaller and often more efficient than those components.

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