IBM unveils faster transistor : switch can run three times as fast as current echnology.

CNN Money ^ | November 4, 2002 | Reuters

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Computer company says new electronic switch can run three times as fast as current technology.

EAST FISHKILL, N.Y. (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp. said Monday that it had built a transistor, or an electronic switch, that can run at speeds of 350 billion cycles per second -- three times as fast as current technology.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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[SierraWasp]

Great catch Ernesto!!!

That's just what this nation needs RIGHT NOW!

Some inspiration to go along with the perspiration!!!

[Moonman62]

That's just what this nation needs RIGHT NOW!

What our country needs right now is a business friendly environment that will allow the creation of markets that can use this technology.

[rudypoot]

"350 billion cycles per second"

Lord, have mercy!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Its going into communication equipment!

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IBM unveils faster transistor : switch can run three times as fast as current echnology.

Will it work with spell check?

[Young Werther]

Vroom! Vroom! Vroom!

Go High ech!

[Jake0001]

Phones?! Pheuy!

I want a 150GHz computer processor! :-)

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

All Your NICs Are Belong To Us!

[taxcontrol]

I cant site a source (due to non-disclosure agreements) but if this is combined with "multi-clock" technology, within 5 years the "hot" PC will be running at an equilivant speed a TeraHz or so.

[sigh]

I guess I'll be getting by on my 850Mhz for a while yet. :-)

[mvpel]

That's where different regions of a microprocessor are served by separate clocks, so as to limit the problems of clock signal propogation, right?

[snopercod]

It seems like a minority carrier lifetime ago when I knew all this stuff.

[taxcontrol]

Sorry, no comment. The lawyers are looking over my shoulder.

[Carry_Okie]

Interesting problem for packaging engineers.

The problem with clock speeds like that isn't the processing, it's getting the information on and off the chip. There will need to be some very fancy multilayered Tape Automated Bonding with either stripline or coplanar waveguide configuration to minimize the inductive loss and lack of repeatability inherent to wire bonding. Unfortunately, such matched impedance launch technology takes room.

[snopercod]

There will need to be some very fancy multilayered Tape Automated Bonding with either stripline or coplanar waveguide configuration to minimize the inductive loss and lack of repeatability inherent to wire bonding. Unfortunately, such matched impedance launch technology takes room.

Exactly what I was thinking <8-)

[Carry_Okie]

LOL! I spent two years in the microwave hybrid business.

[BobS]

Can you imagine tuning 350GHz waveguide?

[Rebelbase]

"switch can run three times as fast as current echnology. "

Does this mean it will become obsolete 3x as quick?

[Tokhtamish]

Wasn't there an item on CNN last week about two scientists being able to physically 'touch' each other across the Internet ? They said they had super high speed connections.

Think of it. Cybersex in five years. Talk about a killer app. Get ready for the next tech boom. Lucent is a strong buy.