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NTT Verifies Diamond Semiconductor Operation At 81 GHz

Posted by timothy on from the ooh-shiny dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "This story over at eetimes.com reports of a semiconductor made of diamond that is able to run at 81 GHz." Mmmm, foreshadowing.

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  1. Diamonds are... by tinrobot · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...a geek's best friend.

  2. Bond? by Ieshan · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Well, if James Bond's right, at least obsolescence won't be a problem. Diamonds are forever!

  3. Yeah... by cliffy2000 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Like computer prices aren't high enough already.

    (This is humor. Yeah, I know: "Diamond cartel! Not actually expensive! Industrial diamonds cheap!" Mod me (-1, Unfunny). Not (-1, Stupid).)

  4. Gift? by KamuZ · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Now when you processor becomes obsolete... you can gave it like a gift! Really nice.

    And i was excited about using a Celeron-A 333Mhz as a key ring. :)

  5. Re:Related story? by paradesign · · Score: 1, Redundant
    http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/

    it also arrived in the mail a week or so ago.

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  6. Obligatory by Our+Man+In+Redmond · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Imagine a 20-stone, oval-cut Beowulf cluster of these.

    (I should be ashamed of myself for that, but I'm not.)

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  7. Re:"Funny" moderation by ameoba · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You think I could get Natalie Portman, with or without grits, to sleep with me if I gave her a Beowulf of diamond procs?

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  8. Re:M$ Released new bloatware to slow it down... by jallen02 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    On my workstation Word loads more or less instataneously. The splash appears for maybe 200ms and then word is loaded.

    :-)

    Jeremy