One very challenging problem, though, involves the process of patterning the device onto the chip.

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"The patterning issue is a very big problem, " Choi Sang-hun, an LG Display engineer, said in an interview.

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IBM's researchers have also patented a related nano-patterning method that uses fluorescent spheres that can take the color red, blue or green.

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We acquired InfoEx which brings tremendous ability to take massive amounts of data, run it through a relevance engine, and deliver the results to participants through behavioral patterning, much the way Netflix does.

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Around back, the phones share a subtle, non-textured patterning that spreads out just below the 2-megapixel camera and serves to add a small amount of flair to what is an otherwise utilitarian build.

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Choice slices, cut thin enough to let light pass through, and polished to show the crisscrossed patterning of unalloyed nickel and iron, are as sublimely gaudy as Faberg??, and can be nearly as pricey.

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And just as Matisse's paeans to the tension between the three-dimensional world and the flat canvas have been dismissed as "decorative" because of their glorious color and patterning, Veronese's lush figure groups have been similarly labeled, for similar reasons.

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By putting it into volume production in NAND flash, the company will have gained a deep understanding and will have a very mature process by the time it decides to use double patterning to make the SRAM caches on its processor chips.

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