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Intel Cites Breakthrough In Transistor Design
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.
"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?
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.
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...
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.
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
...or a celeron
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