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New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) US-based technology giant IBM on Thursday unveiled what it described as the world’s first sub-1 nanometre (nm) chip technology, a major breakthrough for the semiconductor industry as it approaches the physical limits of conventional chip scaling.The new chip is built on a 0.7 nm, or 7-angstrom, process node and features a novel three-dimensional transistor architecture called nanostack, according to the company.The chip enables continued improvements in performance and …

New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Union MoS Science & Technology, Earth Sciences Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated an indigenously built Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition system at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) campus in Kolkata, an official statement said on Tuesday. The system was developed for fabrication of India’s first amorphous silicon solar cell, the statement from the Ministry of Science & Technology said, adding that the minister also inaugurated th…