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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. Only 11Ghz by legomad · · Score: -1, Redundant

    quoting from the article: "When the researchers tested the new device it clocked a speed of 110 GHz. Complete circuits usually operate at about a tenth of the speed of the component transistors meaning the new devices could allow engineers to build chips that operate at a speed of about 11GHz. The previous world record, held by electronic giant Philips, created transistors that operate at speeds of up to 70GHz, allowing operating circuit speeds of 7GHz." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5259594.stm

  2. how does it work? by thePig · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The article is very less on details.
    Anybody can explain on the process here?

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