The new family includes a VGA sensor and 1.3- ,2- and 3-megapixel sensors all using 3.2-micron pixels manufactured on a 0.25-micron process.

Bernie Myerson, chief technology officer at IBM Microelectronics, said that at 90 nm certain companies will hit a performance wall and step over a power cliff

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Useful note from article: "Technically, the chips are codenamed Nocona for dual-processor systems, Prescott for single-processor systems and Potomac for four-processor systems, and the 32/64-bit capability goes by the codename Clackamas Technology."

Xilinx denied a Silicon Strategies report saying it was renegotiating the deal with IBM and might leave the deal and go elsewhere.