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Frozen Chip from IBM hits 500 GHz

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the there's-a-catch-,,, dept.

sideshow2004 writes "EETimes is reporting this morning that IBM and Georiga Tech have demonstrated a 500 GHz Silicon-germanium (SiGe) chip, operating at 4.5 Kelvins. The 'frozen chip' was fabricated by IBM on 200mm wafers, and, at room temperature, the circuits operated at approximately 350 GHz."

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  1. Re:10GHz Microwave? by twbecker · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Ahh the obligatory "I have no sense of humor so I'm going to use my superior intellect to reveal how something that was obviously meant as a joke could not be factually accurate". Do you have some inherent need to demonstrate your superior knowledge of microwaves?

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