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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. boo by Bourgeois_Rage · · Score: 0, Troll

    saw this hours ago. Come on guys. Keep up.

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  2. Can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of ... by turbine216 · · Score: 0, Troll

    dead parrots???

    Oh yeah...nice transistor too, i guess.

  3. Woop-tee-doo by cavemanf16 · · Score: 1, Troll
    Wow, another amazing press release. Yeah. I'm thoroughly unimpressed. Using better materials and smaller parts is not revolutionary, but I guess their PR department hired a couple of MS spin-doctors recently to make it sound just out of this world.

    Maybe when they use bio-technology, or lightwave devices as the CPU, they can claim a "Breakthrough in Transistor Design." Don't worry folks, AMD is still more bang for the buck.