Cork centre secures €1m Intel deal

THE world’s fastest computers and longest-lasting mobile phone batteries could be operating within five years thanks to work about to get under way at one of the country’s leading research centres.

The €1.14 million collaboration between Tyndall National Institute and computer chip and semi-conductor manufacturer Intel could also encourage further research and hi-tech manufacturing investment here.

It is only the second European centre in which Intel has outsourced its research activities, further enhancing Tyndall and Ireland’s reputation as a centre of excellence in nanotechnology.