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Experimental Transistor Breaks 600 Gigahertz

Posted by timothy on from the dang-that's-fast dept.

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."

4 of 381 comments (clear)

  1. Say WHAT? by mkcheme · · Score: 0, Redundant
    pseudomorphic heterojunction

    Who now with the what now?

  2. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have a winner... by Weaselmancer · · Score: -1, Redundant

    ...for the single most obfuscated description of anything, ever.

    With their pseudomorphic heterojunction bipolar transistor

    Hell, I have a BSEE and just reading that gave me a headache!

    --
    Weaselmancer
    rediculous.
  3. Re:Terahertz transistor within reach? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    No problem, just merge two of those 600 GHz transistors...

  4. Re:Reverse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    They did that so the CHINESE can be given this technology by next Friday. USA pays for the research, then hands it over to China to profit from. Idiot VPs we allow to run companies in the USA. No long term vision, no national pride, just the quick buck, now. If you don't produce widgets you do not have an economy. Hello USA, hello? Anyone home...?