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Graphene Transistors Clocked At 26GHz
KentuckyFC writes "A team at IBM has built the first high quality graphene transistors and clocked them running at 26 GHz . That doesn't quite knock silicon off its perch. The fastest silicon transistors are an order of magnitude faster than that but the record is held by indium phosphide transistors which have topped 1000 GHz. But it's not bad for a new kid on the block. It took silicon 40 years to get this far. By contrast, the first graphene transistor was built only last year. IBM says 'the work represents a significant step towards the realization of graphene-based electronics.' (Abstract)."
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Running 26 GHz is nice, but... Does it run Linux ?
Except that although nobody exactly knows what a foton is, it is known not to be an electron. And these transistors happen to be designed for the latter...
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It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.
Depends on how good you are at sketching circuits...
By the taping of my glasses, something geeky this way passes
I tell ya, Graphene-based CPUS will even be able to run Vista at a decent clip.
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