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Intel Cites Breakthrough In Transistor Design

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wily-engineering dept.

n3hat was one of many who wrote in to tell us about the following: "Saw this report in Siliconvalley.com, 'Intel has devised a new structure for transistors that could lead to microprocessors that run faster and consume less power than conventional ones. The technology solves two of the more intractable problems: power consumption and heat.' It goes on to say that Intel plans to present two major elements of the new "TeraHertz" transistor structure at the International Electron Device Meeting in Washington on Dec. 3.

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  1. Oh Yeah? by big_groo · · Score: 3, Funny

    "To compare, it would take a person more than 15,000 years to turn a light switch on and off a trillion times."

    Well, I bet *I* can do it in 11,000 years!

    Any takers?

    1. Re:Oh Yeah? by CyberDruid · · Score: 2, Funny

      nrsecs= 11000 x 3600 x 24 x 365.25 = 3.47 * 10^11
      10^12 / nrsecs = 2.88 Hz
      Sounds very doable (with a good lightswitch and a bit of training I think that even double that would be feasible), providing you can keep it up for more than a couple of minutes and that the switch does not break...
      If you connect a second switch to your left hand you could probably get a respectable bus speed as well. ;)

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    2. Re:Oh Yeah? by Suidae · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hook me up with their manufacture, I can't find anybody selling light switches with a MTBF that even come close to that!

  2. Amd? by Spackler · · Score: 5, Funny

    It goes on to say that Intel plans to present two major elements of the new "AMDhurtz" transistor structure at the International Electron Device Meeting in Washington on Dec. 3.

  3. Re:excellent... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You misspelled "KDE". Or did you mean "GNOME"?

  4. Priceless Quote by alexburke · · Score: 3, Funny

    To compare, it would take a person more than 15,000 years to turn a light switch on and off a trillion times.

    Wow! That really puts things into perspective...

  5. Re:Oh wow, less pwoer and less heat? by jayhawk88 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I know what you mean. They also rejected my story about a friend I know, who knows a girl in college, who has a roommate who has a Pakistani boyfriend, who told her not to go near any malls the day before Halloween...I mean Christmas.

  6. Re:You're using the wrong computer. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "If you can find a magical method of producing RAM as simply and cheaply (per unit storage capacity) as hard drive platters, go and patent it and make a bundle."

    You do not get it. Another slashdot idiot who romanticizes captialism.

    You should be honest:

    "If you can find a magical method of producing RAM as simply and cheaply (per unit storage capacity) as hard drive platters, a rich company you work for will patent it and they can become even richer."

    Let us assume that he did find this new technology, how will he manafacture it? It takes alot of capital to manufacture semiconductors. He would have to approach corporations to loan him money or let them fab it for him. He would be at their mercy if he did this and they would have the power. They would set the terms not him. His tech is nothing if he can not manufacture it.

  7. Re:IBM and AMD First by Tim+Browse · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's not what I was told. I heard that the entire planet was in imminent danger of being eaten by an enormous mutant star goat.

    Tim

  8. Re:Maybe... by PrometheuSx11 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...or a celeron

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