Images: New recipe for Intel transistors

CEO Paul Otellini (right) answers a question from a reporter at a briefing at Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif. Looking on is Stephen Smith, director of desktop platforms. Otellini changed the way Intel introduces new chipmaking techniques and blueprints in April of this year, switching to a faster progression that is designed to keep Intel more nimble as the technology and market change.

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