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Super-fast Transistors On the Way

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the life-in-the-fast-lane dept.

nbannerman writes "The BBC is reporting about a new kind of transistor, that recently set a world record of 110Ghz. From the article: 'To achieve the speed gain, researchers at the University of Southampton added fluorine to the silicon devices. The technique uses existing silicon manufacturing technology meaning it should be quick and easy to deploy.' The apparent applications for this process include mobile phones and digital cameras."

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  1. Mobile Phones? by terminateprocess · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now remind me why exactly we need 110GhZ moblie phone processors?

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    1. Re:Mobile Phones? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Now that you posted the misinformation, Microsoft will raise their system requirements beyond what processors are capa.....

      On second thought, post all kinds of misinformation like this, then Microsoft will spec themselves out of business. ;)

    2. Re:Mobile Phones? by ozmanjusri · · Score: 4, Funny
      it's GHz not GhZ, you babboon.

      It's baboon not babboon, you buffoon.

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  2. As an added benefit... by nebaz · · Score: 5, Funny

    added fluorine to the silicon devices

    Not only will the transistors be faster, but whiter and shinier, they won't need to floss.

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  3. But use of such mobile phones and cameras... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...might taint your precious bodily fluids.

  4. Real-world benefits? by FlyByPC · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...so this means that Flight Simulator X will run at 10fps instead of 5?

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  5. Re:These are bipolar devices by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Couldn't they add some Lithium too?

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  6. Mod the parent upwards! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    So the future will get here faster.


    Precisely! We agree completely.

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  7. Re:Faster? by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's cheaper to pay a few top engineers to make faster hardware then to pay a mountain of top computer scientists to write stable, fast code.

    Yeah, because if the cpu is fast enough, even unstable code works better!

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  8. Re:MOSFET Application by dcapel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Truely now, how many people modded this insightful because they didn't understand it?

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