Chip hits 500Ghz (extreme cold)

liqnit · Post by **liqnit** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:59 am

http://news.com.com/2100-1006_3-6085568 ... &subj=news

IBM and Georgia Tech have coaxed a chip to run at 500GHz, a record for a silicon-based device, by dropping the temperature to minus 451 degrees Fahrenheit. (-267c)

At room temperature, the IBM-Georgia Tech chip operates at 350GHz, or 350 billion cycles per second. That's far faster than standard PC processors today, which range from 3.8GHz to 1.8GHz. But SiGe chips can gain additional performance in colder temperatures.

i will take this one at room temprature also...

stev · Post by **stev** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:23 am

I've heard of similar chips that are like 8088's and 80286's that reconfigured can hit remarkable speeds like that at room temps.

Anyone want to run the world's fasted Windows 3.11 OS?

liqnit · Post by **liqnit** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:26 am

stev wrote:I've heard of similar chips that are like 8088's and 80286's that reconfigured can hit remarkable speeds like that at room temps.

Anyone want to run the world's fasted Windows 3.11 OS?

sound wierd because their tech was larger then 0.18u
if you could remember where you read it

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:29 am

I beat you at posting this news

But because i put it in the press release section (are we allowed to post in there?) it didnt show up on the main page!

Dan

** Edit **

Seen it on the main page, though i probablky could have used a more informative title!

liqnit · Post by **liqnit** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:50 am

DMB2000uk wrote:I beat you at posting this news

But because i put it in the press release section (are we allowed to post in there?) it didnt show up on the main page!

Dan

** Edit **

Seen it on the main page, though i probablky could have used a more informative title!

Sorry i didn't saw it

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:57 am

Hey no worries

Something that impressive is worth posting about twice though!

Dan

liqnit · Post by **liqnit** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:20 am

i agree
it is very impressive

Post by **Apoptosis** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 8:09 am

Here are some pictures of the chip...

Georgia Tech Phd student Ram Krithivasan examines a silicon germanium chip inside a cryogenic test station at the Georgia Electronic Design Center at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. IBM and Georgia Tech have announced that they have broken the world silicon speed record with a chip that operates at half a trillion cycles per second, some 250 times faster than chips found in conventional cell phones.

Close up of cryogenic test station in the Georgia Electronic Design Center at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. The facility is capable of cooling electronic devices to temperatures near absolute zero. Black squares in the center are silicon-germanium chips

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more info here: http://gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/newsre ... ahertz.htm

liqnit · Post by **liqnit** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:04 am

i must say i am impressed
wonder if we put an AM2 chip in that cold what we get
or Core DUO ....

SAMSAMHA · Post by **SAMSAMHA** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 11:18 am

the question is that can it be affordable, good performance.

Dragon_Cooler · Post by **Dragon_Cooler** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:32 pm

i love how they compare the speed to a cell phone.... quite interesting. LOL

liqnit · Post by **liqnit** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:30 pm

Dragon_Cooler wrote:i love how they compare the speed to a cell phone.... quite interesting. LOL

just think of getting a processor of 500Ghz near my brain makes me shiver