Powering of devices is goal of alliance Samsung Electronics on Friday announced that it had entered into a technology development partnership with IBM to develop new ways of building processors to power Samsung’s next generation of electronic devices.The South Korean electronics manufacturer joins Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing and Infineon Technologies in partnering with IBM to develop techniques for making components using 65-nanometer and 45-nanometer CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) process technology. Processors built using this technology will have much smaller components than the 90 nanometer process chips that are just starting to emerge from chipmakers today.The development work is being done at IBM’s 300 mm Advanced Semiconductor Technology Center in East Fishkill, New York. In a separate agreement, Samsung also licensed the rights to use IBM’s 90-nanometer technology, which it plans to use in products like high-definition televisions, DVD players, and mobile devices.For Samsung, the deal was a necessary one, said Peter Glaskowsky, the editor-in-chief of Microprocessor Report. “These companies know they cannot remain competitive without the latest semiconductor technology,” he said. “As far as I know, IBM is the only technology partner that’s willing to help people with the whole package.”Infineon entered into its joint development agreement up with Chartered and IBM in August of last year, after dropping a research and development partnership with Singapore’s United Microelectronics (UMC). At the time, UMC said that it would continue to develop its own 65 nanometer process technology on its own. Samsung is paying IBM an undisclosed amount of money in exchange for access to IBM’s technology, according to an IBM spokesman. Technology Industry