IBM hails new 'block of flats' design breakthrough for ultra tiny chips

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IBM says it has created the world's first known chip tech below 1 nanometre - but it will be some time before it's ready for production

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Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of ibm, hails, block, flats, design: IBM says it has created the world's first known chip tech below 1 nanometre - but it will be some time before it's ready for production.