IBM BUILDS SUPER-FAST TRANSISTOR
IBM has built a transistor that runs about 100 times faster than current chips, a development that could pave the way for ultra-fast computers and wireless networks, the computing giant said on Monday.
Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/ptech/06/20/I...reut/index.html
Are we looking at the future of computing or what? This may eventually make gigabit ethernet obsolete and dual core processors obsolete. Perhaps even creating super fast front side buses for motherboards, its very exciting to us computer geeks! IBM creating it means that IBM may be ready to be back on top of the world. This maybe the golden key for big blue!
New transistor concept developed. Transistors, as used in billions on every computer chip, are nowadays based on semiconductor-type materials, usually silicon. As the demands for computer chips in laptops, tablets and smartphones continue to rise, new possibilities are being sought out to fabricate them inexpensively, energy-saving and flexibly. A research group has now succeeded in producing transistors based on a completely different principle. Source 6j.