IBM seeks better ways to assemble microchip components at the nanoscale without the need to replace existing chip-making technology.

万国商业机器公司（IBM）在寻找更好的方法，在不需要取代现有芯片制造技术的情况下，在纳米尺度上组装微芯片组件。

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As a result, the company believes that the more advanced chip-making technology gives it more than a year's lead over rivals.

因此，英特尔相信先进的芯片制造技术将会使其在一年或更长时间里傲视群敌。

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In truth, none of this is, in the context of chip-making, that hard.

事实上，在芯片制造全过程中，这些都还算不上难题。

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But new chip-making technologies are emerging that should make them cheaper (see article).

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