1.   An agreement was also signed promoting co-operation in scientific and technological policy, electronics, food processing, silicon technology and industrial research.

2.   The new silicon technology can be thought of as converting the system to something more controllable, like water mains outfitted with adjustable valves.

3.   Until recently, the semiconductor industry generally believed that new materials would be needed when standard silicon technologies ran into technological barriers.

4.   IBM said the deal also will accelerate its use of a new technique called silicon germanium technology, which is aimed at creating high-speed chips requiring low power.

5.   The IBM products being transferred include voltage-controlled oscillators, receivers and wideband CDMA chipsets, all based on silicon germanium process technology, said TriQuint.