Jason Dunn
01-23-2004, 11:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,114413,tk,dn012304X,00.asp' target='_blank'>http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,114413,tk,dn012304X,00.asp</a><br /><br /></div>"Toshiba has developed a new chip-production technology that increases by 50 percent the number of layers of components that can be crammed inside a standard Multi-Chip Package for use in products such as cell phones and PDAs, the company says. For users of cellular telephones, personal digital assistants, and other small-size portable electronics, it could mean even smaller devices. Manufacturers could shrink the device's size because chips can be consolidated into single packages. Or, manufacturers could produce more feature-rich and powerful products, because additional memory and other components can be added with no sacrifice to size."