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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:THAT WASN'T THE POINT by jmichaelg · · Score: 1, Troll

    Ahhh /. Where factual corrections get moderated as trolls.

    YO MODERATORS!!! The parent is correct - the grandparent does have the temperature/speed relationship backwards.