Intel announces new packing technology

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In another step toward smaller yet more powerful computer processors, Intel Corp. announced it has developed a new packaging technology that links the tiny chips to the rest of the world.

The advance is a necessary step before computers running at 20 gigahertz with a billion transistors ever land in computer stores or office desktops, said Gerald Marcyk, director of Intel's Components Research Lab.

"We need to make sure the performance of that microprocessor engine is matched with the performance of packaging," he said. "It would be like sticking a high-performance engine in a compact car."

CORRRECTION: An earlier headline on this story mistakenly said Intel had announced a new processor.