Infineon Technologies moved a step closer to addressing the needs of increasingly feature-rich mobile devices by successfully testing cell phone chips it created using an advanced, 65-nanometer manufacturing technology, the company said on Friday. The chips, which Infineon says offer high performance with low power consumption, will be available by the end of the year. Testing was done in Duisburg and Munich in Germany and in Bangalore, India. The chips incorporate more than 30 million transistors within a space of 33 square millimeters.More advanced manufacturing processes allow chip makers to reduce the size of the chips and deliver more processing performance while keeping power consumption low. Mobile devices, especially those using third generation cellular networks, offer increasingly more functionality, such as music downloads and video creation. The added features require more processing strength and soak up more power, issues that mobile phone makers are trying to address. Infineon produced the first sample chips using the 65-nanometer technology in February. The number refers to the smallest circuitry features etched on the surface of the chips. It developed the chips as part of a research alliance with IBM, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing and Samsung Semiconductor. Qualcomm, a major mobile phone chip supplier, said in April it was sampling certain chips using 65-nanometer technology. Texas Instruments, which supplies chips for Nokia, sampled some mobile phone chips using 65-nanometer technology early last year and is developing more.-Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service Check out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content feature Key IT initiatives reshape the CIO agenda While cloud, cybersecurity, and analytics remain top of mind for IT leaders, a shift toward delivering business value is altering how CIOs approach key priorities, pushing transformative projects to the next phase. By Mary Pratt May 30, 2023 10 mins IT Strategy IT Leadership opinion Managing IT right starts with rightsizing IT for value While there are few universals when it comes to saying unambiguously what ‘managing IT right’ looks like, knowing how to navigate the limitless possibilities of IT is surely one. By Thornton May May 30, 2023 6 mins Digital Transformation IT Strategy IT Leadership brandpost Designing the campus of the future starts with high-quality 10Gbps connectivity By Huawei May 30, 2023 4 mins Network Architect Networking Devices Networking feature Red Hat embraces hybrid cloud for internal IT The maker of OpenShift has leveraged its own open container offering to migrate business-critical apps to AWS as part of a strategy to move beyond facilitating hybrid cloud for others and capitalize on the model for itself. By Paula Rooney May 29, 2023 5 mins CIO 100 Technology Industry Hybrid Cloud Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe