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UCLA scientists working to create smaller, faster integrated circuits

Integrated circuits are the "brain" in computers, cell phones, and many other electronic devices. A team of UCLA scientists has demonstrated substantial improvements in integrated circuits, also known as silicon chips, achieved not by costly improvements in manufacturing, but by improved computer-aided design software based on better mathematical algorithms.

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