IBM's latest chip packs in twice as many transistors as the current state-of-the-art chip by adding a second layer of silicon circuitry
IBM's latest chip packs in twice as many transistors as the current state-of-the-art chip by adding a second layer of silicon circuitry
By Matthew Sparkes
25 June 2026
IBM’s new chip
There is a new record for tiny, powerful computer chips. IBM’s prototype chip is the size of a fingernail, yet packs in almost 100 billion transistors – nearly twice as many as the previous state-of-the-art chip – thanks to a three-dimensional technique.
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