Tech News: Breakthrough in Chip Speeds

[Garritan]

According to the Drudge Report (http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3.htm):

RESEARCHERS SAY NEW CHIP BREAKS SPEED RECORD
Mon Jun 19 2006 22:57:25 ET

Researchers at IBM and the Georgia Institute of Technology are set to announce Tuesday that they have broken the speed record for silicon-based chips with a semiconductor that operates 250 times faster than chips commonly used now.

The NEW YORK TIMES reports: The achievement is a major step in the evolution of computer semiconductor technology that could eventually lead to faster networks and more powerful electronics at lower prices, said Bernard Meyerson, vice president and chief technologist in IBM 's systems and technology group. He said developments like this one typically find their way into commercial products in 12 to 24 months.

Developing...

[etLux]

250 times faster

Breathtaking news!

That means the Minute Waltz could be done in 24/100ths of a second.

David
www.DavidSosnowski.com

Don't ask.
.

[rwayland]

According to the Drudge Report (http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3.htm):

RESEARCHERS SAY NEW CHIP BREAKS SPEED RECORD
Mon Jun 19 2006 22:57:25 ET

Researchers at IBM and the Georgia Institute of Technology are set to announce Tuesday that they have broken the speed record for silicon-based chips with a semiconductor that operates 250 times faster than chips commonly used now.

The NEW YORK TIMES reports: The achievement is a major step in the evolution of computer semiconductor technology that could eventually lead to faster networks and more powerful electronics at lower prices, said Bernard Meyerson, vice president and chief technologist in IBM 's systems and technology group. He said developments like this one typically find their way into commercial products in 12 to 24 months.

Developing...

I guess this ought to keep up with my typing speed!

Richard

[Leaf]

This is great news, all our present computer equipment will soon be obsolete. :rolleyes:

[Mitch Manthe]

I knew I should have waited before buying my new PC.:( :( :(

[Styxx]

Now all they have to do is figure out a way to implant it into the brain of my six lazy kids.

[dewdman42]

wow..yea..that is indeed incredible since they've been saying for a while that we've reached physical max limits. 250x is humongous..especially if it can do it without getting too hot. Can you imagine a computer running at 750 ghz? Holy mackerel!

bus speed just become the next bottleneck again..

[etLux]

... if it can do it without getting too hot...



Oh, that problem's already been solved. Just tack this
handy-dandy accessory cooler onto it, and you're go
for good.

http://www.ornl.gov/sci/btc/apps/york_chiller.jpg

David
www.DavidSosnowski.com
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[Haydn]

Now we just have to wait for the next version of Microsoft products. They will figure out a way to add a whole slew of new and useless features and further the code bloat. This will allow the new 250x faster computer to run at the same speed as the current computers! I just hope that the newer faster processors can also use 250x the memory to handle the new bloated code!

Jim

[rwayland]

Just think about how fast disinformation, rumors, chain letters, spam and malware will be able to prolierate. High speed internet clutter becoming a reality!

Richard

[Reegs]

think of how this would affect VST processing

an ENTIRE orchestra with harmonic alignment and the processor doesn't even break a sweat!!
....

I guess we get to wait a bit longer for GPOA... :rolleyes:

[etLux]

More...

http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=189500692

IBM (Armonk, N.Y.) and Georgia Tech (Atlanta) claimed that they have
demonstrated the first silicon-based chip capable of operating at frequencies
above 500 GHz by cryogenically "freezing" the circuit to minus 451 degrees
Fahrenheit (4.5 Kelvins).

Recommended accessory:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceberg

David
www.DavidSosnowski.com
.

[SeanHannifin]

IBM (Armonk, N.Y.) and Georgia Tech (Atlanta) claimed that they have
demonstrated the first silicon-based chip capable of operating at frequencies
above 500 GHz by cryogenically "freezing" the circuit to minus 451 degrees
Fahrenheit (4.5 Kelvins).

:eek: Brrrr...

[Reegs]

If everyone buys those chips it might solve the global warming problem.

[fastlane]

This is from a BBC article on the fast chip.


The team believe it is possible to make chips run at 1,000 Ghz, or one Terahertz, at room temperature.

[etLux]

This is from a BBC article on the fast chip.


The team believe it is possible to make chips run at 1,000 Ghz, or one Terahertz, at room temperature.

Oh, I think they can, too. I've been following SiGe for a years (an
outgrowth of plain old CMOS, in some regards) -- and the power
factors are amazingly low to begin with. If they can take the
dimensioning down far enough and perhaps integrate thermo-electric
cooling right into the subtrate (proposed in an IBM paper a few years
ago in another context), they might just get there.

The theory's definitely "there" and has been for a while; at this point,
it's more a matter of some seriously heavy-hauling materials science and
advances in production technology.

Personally I doubt you'll see this on your desktop very soon -- but
eventually, I think you most certainly will.

David
www.DavidSosnowski.com
.

[dabbler]

More...

http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=189500692

IBM (Armonk, N.Y.) and Georgia Tech (Atlanta) claimed that they have
demonstrated the first silicon-based chip capable of operating at frequencies
above 500 GHz by cryogenically "freezing" the circuit to minus 451 degrees
Fahrenheit (4.5 Kelvins).

.

I'm good to go... I took these just a few miles from my house...

http://www.richiebee.ca/icy1.jpg

...and a little closer - the boat to the right gives an indication of size. It's a tour boat that holds in the region of 80 people.

http://www.richiebee.ca/icy2.jpg

[Hermitage59]

Great pictures!

Now, how much Scotch do you want with your ice?

:D