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Fin-Fet Transistors on the Horizon

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the insert-boba-fett-jokes-here dept.

MORTAR_COMBAT! writes "According to this 9 September News.com article, IBM scientists have "manufactured a working static RAM chip out of so-called Fin-Fet transistors, which feature two gates, rather than a single one, for conducting electricity". What does this mean for us? 50 percent performance increases, due to increased throughput of electricity, and 50 percent less power usage, due to decreased electrical leakage. Longer battery life for laptops, lower power bills for server farms. Moore's law lives on. More pretty pictures here."

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  1. Just great... by flewp · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now when I buy my new machine it'll be eventually outdated!

    Damn you Moore and your laws!

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    WWJD.... for a Klondike bar?
  2. What this basically means is by Zerbey · · Score: 1, Funny

    Windows will have general protection faults twice as quickly.

    (I'm sorry, I just had too...)

  3. Hmm.... Fin-Fet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Is it me or does that term remind me of Phen-Phen which was hyped as a weight loss pill?

    Fin Fet: reduces voltage leakage
    Phen Phen: reduces fat (increases chances of death)
    Olestra: increases leakage while reduces fat absorption

    hmm....

    1. Re:Hmm.... Fin-Fet by Xoro · · Score: 2, Funny

      Or...

      Fin Fet: Can fit inside a human hair
      Boba Fett: Uses disintigration, so you can fit inside a human hair.

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      Kill, Tux, kill!
  4. Two gates are better than one? by tweakt · · Score: 3, Funny

    Please, the world has enough "Gates" already ;-)

  5. In related news ... by Mind+Socket · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... scientists at IBM created a working prototype static RAM chip using Jango-Fett transistors. Consuming 4 times the power, it will store information with a cold air of dread and competence.

    A secondary line of static RAM chips based on an exact genetic replica (called Boba-Fett transistors) will be developed throughout the year for mobile computing purposes. Support for the Dark Side is eminent.