http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=55181&rubrik1=High%20Tech&rubrik2=
Hardware&rubrik3=Processors&sort=1&start=1


New Chip 250 Times Faster 
 Students from Korea University and Georgia Tech, as well as researchers
from IBM have developed a silicon-based chip setting a new speed record,
capable of running at 500GHz cooled with liquid helium and 350GHz at
room temperature.    
 Professor John Cressler of Georgia Tech, who participated in the
research, said the chips use a blend of germanium and silicon, which are
capable of being produced commercially using already-existing chip
manufacturing technology.   
 He says simulations show that the new technology could approach speeds
at room temperature approaching 1THz. He adds that the research
"redefines the upper bounds of what is possible using silicon-germanium
nanotechnology techniques."

_______________________________________

Feel the power of the dark side!  
Atmel AVR

Roy Hopkins
Tauranga
New Zealand
_______________________________________


-- 
http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
View/change your membership options at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist