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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. Woop! by Alizarin+Erythrosin · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Here's for more awesome AMD processors! My computer architecture class was discussing Moore's law and we all agreed that it was reaching a plateau in respect to the law itself. Looks like this is the breakthrough that will take processors to the next level.

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    There are only 10 kinds of people in this world... those who understand binary and those who don't
  2. Re:I love C|Net's Objectivity! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    > Because C|NET is owned partially by Intel

    Ummm. Nope. Intel sold their position some time ago. Here's your lovely parting gift.