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Experimental Transistor Breaks 600 Gigahertz
neutron_p writes "The goal of a terahertz transistor for high-speed computing and communications applications could now be within reach. A new type of transistor structure, invented by scientists at the University of Illinois, has broken the 600 gigahertz speed barrier.
A new type of transistor - built from indium phosphide and indium gallium arsenide - is designed with a compositionally graded collector, base and emitter to reduce transit time and improve current density. With their pseudomorphic heterojunction bipolar transistor, the researchers have demonstrated a speed of 604 gigahertz - the fastest transistor operation to date."
And is forced to pay for their replacement as well as 100 hours community service.
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
can it be overclocked?
sulli
RTFJ.
their pseudomorphic heterojunction bipolar transistor
*blank stare*
What now? It's pronounced nu-cu-lar!
Switch back to Slashdot's D1 system.
Sure...it's fast now, but just wait until it goes into its depressive phase...
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Yeah, because after the first 600 GHz, the next 400 GHz are a piece of cake.
Just in time for Longhorn!
Are you...Are you some kind of genius?
No, ma'am, I'm just a regular Slashdot reader.
Can I find these at CompUSA?
Let's pack as many big words together as possible!
compositionally graded collector, base and emitter
pseudomorphic heterojunction bipolar transistor
--Mike Boos
They'll be clearly the best engineering team, but will lose in the finals to the more talented squad from MIT.
Raise your children as if you were teaching them to raise your grandchildren, because you are.
Man, that was Final Jeopardy's question last night! Where was this post when I needed it?
I like to place meaningful quotes in my sig, so people will know that I know what meaningful quotes are.
You know what they say...every 18 months our technological development increases 150x .....errr something....
I was unaware of this barrier.
They clocked it in a good mood, immediately after that it was seen moving along at only 20Ghz, then 200, then 600 again......
And then MIT will loose to the high school kids from Phoenix.
... just use *two* of these 600 GHz transistors.
600 + 600 = 1200
Great, just what I need, a manic-depressive CPU.
It looks like Longhorn's requirements will be fullfilled!!!
Isn't that how warp speed works?
I'm not entirely sure on the specifics, but rumor has it you need 1.21 gigawatts.
How does one measure 604 gigahertz?
Very quickly.
...is how fast you can fry an egg on it when it's running.
"pseudomorphic heterojunction bipolar transistor"
Sounds like it needs to see a doctor!
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SpyMac reports Apple intends to ship a Power Mac G6 with a 600 GHz processor by Macworld San Francisco '06, thus bringing the company back into harmony with Satan.
Oh, and just to piss off right-wing Windows users, Steve has decided to celebrate 29 years of Apple with a retro pricing scheme of $666 for "Hellspawn," as the new system has been code-named.
An Apple representative did not deny the story, saying that "company policy is not to comment on unannounced products." Clearly, it must be true.
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Our hero, Milton Feng, has discoverred a plot by the evil Terahertz gang to break the Universe's barier.
Pseudomorphic, the evil gang leader, has invented a new device to break through the barrier. "I will cause the failure of all the communication devices and computers." He cries. His sidekick, Heterojunction, says "I will collect the indium the we need to finish our ultimate machine!"
Pseudo's girlfriend, Bipolar Transistor, has a bag full of arsenide and is on the lookout to kill anyone foolish enough to interfere.
Milton stealthily invades the enemy base, where he overhears that the Terahertz gang will strike the bandgap in selected areas. After he finds this out, he speeds his electron flow to warn the others.
But what he doesn't know is that while his group of heroes is made of dissimilar and equally spunky men, the Pseudomorphic has his gang thoroughly doped.
Can our hero improve the compositional grading of the transistor components enough?
Or will the PseudoMoprh defeat them with his awesome signal charging time?
Find out on the next episode of "Moore's Law"!
-Ben