You're pretty naive, aren't you? We all know that these plans are nothing new. We all know that having contingency plans is a good idea. We target Russia and China. Russia and China target us. Russia and China target each other.
HOWEVER, China and Russia have not announced planning for new generations of nuclear weapons nor listed the U.S. as a possible threat. This "accidental leak" is nothing but a blunt threat. It's got nothing to do with terrorism. It's got everything to do with world domination.
it is painfully obvious that the US of A is being attacked from all sides. Russia and China have finally showed their true face - they are clear targets in the war against terrorism. And are Germans really our friends now? Make no mistake - they could go Nazi on us any second. And what about the French? Don't even get me started on the French.
Our plan of action is clear. We have to preemptively nuke the entire world (except US, of course). It is the only way to be safe from the terrorist menace. All we need is a National "Defense" Shield. We will also need some kind of a National Fallout Shield. A giant glass dome will do.
Thanks for the info. I think, from the material point of view, GaAs is better than SiGe. And theoretically, there are materials that are even better than GaAs. But manufacturability is the key here. IBM is actually able to comercially produce these things.
Regarding ring oscillators, if they demonstrated one that works at 110 GHz I don't think they can demonstrate a useful digital logic circuit running at this frequency. But I suppose it can come close.
This article is crap. If you're a real EE who knows about this stuff, please enlighten the rest of us by answering some questions:
1. I'm a little confused. Did IBM demonstrate a networking chip that runs at 110 GHz? Or did they merely demonstrate a ring oscillator type circuit?
2. I was under the impression that, to reach such high speeds, you need something like an HBT. Am I right? Is this circuit based on HBTs?
3. If this circuit is based on HBTs, then why are people talking about Pentiums and Athlons? No way in hell you could implement a VLSI (or rather an ULSI) circuit with HBTs. Am I missing something?
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Thanks for info, that's some good detective work.
Please, speak for yourself my good Sir. I just saw the movie and I thought it was great. And I'm not even a fan of Spielberg.
You're pretty naive, aren't you? We all know that these plans are nothing new. We all know that having contingency plans is a good idea. We target Russia and China. Russia and China target us. Russia and China target each other.
HOWEVER, China and Russia have not announced planning for new generations of nuclear weapons nor listed the U.S. as a possible threat. This "accidental leak" is nothing but a blunt threat. It's got nothing to do with terrorism. It's got everything to do with world domination.
it is painfully obvious that the US of A is being attacked from all sides. Russia and China have finally showed their true face - they are clear targets in the war against terrorism. And are Germans really our friends now? Make no mistake - they could go Nazi on us any second. And what about the French? Don't even get me started on the French.
Our plan of action is clear. We have to preemptively nuke the entire world (except US, of course). It is the only way to be safe from the terrorist menace. All we need is a National "Defense" Shield. We will also need some kind of a National Fallout Shield. A giant glass dome will do.
With God's help fellow citizens,Mr. Chimp
That's cool stuff. Thanks a lot.
Thanks for the info. I think, from the material point of view, GaAs is better than SiGe. And theoretically, there are materials that are even better than GaAs. But manufacturability is the key here. IBM is actually able to comercially produce these things. Regarding ring oscillators, if they demonstrated one that works at 110 GHz I don't think they can demonstrate a useful digital logic circuit running at this frequency. But I suppose it can come close.
Yeah, that did help. thanks.
This article is crap. If you're a real EE who knows about this stuff, please enlighten the rest of us by answering some questions: 1. I'm a little confused. Did IBM demonstrate a networking chip that runs at 110 GHz? Or did they merely demonstrate a ring oscillator type circuit? 2. I was under the impression that, to reach such high speeds, you need something like an HBT. Am I right? Is this circuit based on HBTs? 3. If this circuit is based on HBTs, then why are people talking about Pentiums and Athlons? No way in hell you could implement a VLSI (or rather an ULSI) circuit with HBTs. Am I missing something?