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2000 

IBM

 begins production of powerful new microchips for servers, communications equipment and 

pervasive computing products, using the most advanced chip making technology ever developed. 

The new technology    named CMOS 9S    unites for the first time 

IBM

 innovations in copper 

wiring, silicon on insulator transistors and improved,  low k dielectric  insulation to build chip 

circuits nearly 800 times thinner than a human hair. 

Scientists in 

IBM

 laboratories in New York and California combine nanotechnology with 

chemistry to make a radically new class of magnetic materials that may allow future computer 

hard disks and other data systems to store more than 100 times more data than current products.  

IBM

, Infineon Technologies, and 

UMC

 announce plans to jointly develop advanced technologies 

for use in the production of logic chips with circuit sizes from 0.13 to 0.10 micron. 

IBM

 says it is  

developing a series of chips based on InfiniBand technology to help link multiple computer 

systems and peripherals such as hard drives to work together as a single high performance 

server. 

IBM

 researchers unveil 

IBM

 Memory eXpansion Technology that doubles the memory capacity 

of computer servers, a breakthrough that could save Internet Service Providers and other large 

technology installations millions of dollars.  

IBM

 announces an initial $100 million investment to develop information technology solutions 

and partnerships to enable the breakthrough work being conducted to interpret the complex 

genetic code. 

IBM

 and NuTec Sciences, Inc., report they are building the world's largest 

commercial supercomputer    a 7.5 teraflop computing cluster    which NuTec will use to 

investigate how genes interact in the human body to cause life threatening diseases.  

Scientists from 

IBM

, Compaq and AltaVista compete the first comprehensive  map  of the 

World Wide Web and uncover divisive boundaries between regions of the Internet that can make 

navigation difficult.  

IBM

 ships the world's clearest computer display    12 times sharper than current displays    ten 

years sooner than thought possible. 

Facilities

IBM

 makes the largest capital investment in its history    $5 billion    and announces plans in 

October to build the world's most technologically advanced chip making facility in East Fishkill, 

New York. The new $2.5 billion facility will combine for the first time anywhere 

IBM

 chip 

making breakthroughs such as copper interconnects, silicon on insulator and low k dielectric 

insulation on 300mm wafers. Planned to begin operations in late 2002, the new facility will add 

1,000 new jobs as it reaches full production the following year.  

That same month, 

IBM

 announces plans to invest $300 million to build an organic chip 

packaging manufacturing facility in Shanghai, China, to support the company's growing 

semiconductor business.  

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