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."

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And we...

[Adam Avangelist]

Surround them with Pentium 4 prescotts to keep it cool.

Yes, but can it run Quake?

[mrRay720]

And even if not, we finally get that long awaited CPU capable of a full speed emulation of a 500GHz CPU!

Re:Is this a UIUC comeback?

[LanMan04]

NCSA baby! w00t! I remember when my Dad first showed me the "Internet", consiting of about 2 web pages and was mainly used by opening Gopher or Interarchy or something to download random programs. Ah, Mosaic, those were the days.