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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. Ah! by irn_bru · · Score: 5, Funny

    Still hope for the G5 Powerbook then!

    1. Re:Ah! by aplusjimages · · Score: 5, Funny

      Maybe IBM will have two markets, one for super computers the other birth control.

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    2. Re:Ah! by furry_wookie · · Score: 5, Informative


      Not quite... 500 Ghz (500 x 10^9) is a LONG WAY away from even the beginning of Infrared 3 TerraHz (3x10^12), and visible light does not start until about 430 TerraHz (4.3x10^14).

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  2. I RTFA.. by irc.goatse.cx+troll · · Score: 5, Informative
    "By comparison, 500 GHz is more than 250 times faster than today's cell phones, which typically operate at approximately 2 GHz, according to the organizations."


    I think that speaks for itself.
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    1. Re:I RTFA.. by ignipotentis · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I can understand your concern. However, after IBM backs this up, it forces me to do more research (which, I haven't finsihed yet obviously).

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    2. Re:I RTFA.. by Mysticalfruit · · Score: 5, Funny

      Unless you custom built your microwave, it actually runs at 2.4ghz...

      However, this is Slashdot... Does your microwave also have a big spoiler (vent), and 30" rims (buttons)?

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  3. So... by kjart · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...above 500 GHz by cryogenically "freezing" the circuit to minus 451 degrees Fahrenheit (4.5 Kelvins).

    How long before I can get a kit like that for my P4?

  4. In other news... by Kiaradune · · Score: 5, Funny

    Suit has been filed against a well known business and a school for violations of Moore's law.

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  5. Someone's gotta say it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is this enough for Vista?

  6. In other news... by Odiumjunkie · · Score: 5, Funny

    AMD today announced the launch of the Athlon XP 500000+. The chip has a "stock speed of around 3.0 GHz, but is named for it's IBM equivalent".

  7. The tempurature at which books freeze by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 5, Funny
    by cryogenically "freezing" the circuit to minus 451 degrees Fahrenheit
    Somewhere, the mirror-universe Ray Bradbury is stroking his goatee with anger.
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  8. So how fast was this chip? by demongeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    Was it blazingly fast? Is this destined to be the new hot item this Christmas? Will IBM come under fire from companies like AMD and Intel?

  9. 1.2mm per cycle by bytesex · · Score: 5, Interesting

    350 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 (375 809 638 400) cycles per second divided by the distance light travels in a second (299 792 458 000 mm / s) is 1.2 mm. Just thought I'd throw that in.

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  10. Re:i want by doti · · Score: 5, Funny

    i want a compile farm of these

    The poor soul uses gentoo.

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  11. ALL CAPS REPLY ZOMG by Guysmiley777 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Arggg read the article they said they wanted to test the theoretical limits of these chips. They know speed increases with temperature. They wanted to know how much.

    The word "increases" does not mean what you think it does.

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