New Chip Breaks Speed Record
Friday, 23. June 2006, 09:15:23
Researchers at I.B.M. and the Georgia Institute of Technology are set to announce today (June 20, 2006) that they have broken the speed record for silicon-based chips with a semiconductor that operates 250 times faster than chips commonly used today.
The achievement is a major step in the evolution of computer semiconductor technology that could eventually lead to faster networks and more powerful electronics at lower prices, said Bernard Meyerson, vice president and chief technologist in I.B.M.'s systems and technology group. He said developments like this one typically found their way into commercial products in 12 to 24 months.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/20/technology/20chip.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
The achievement is a major step in the evolution of computer semiconductor technology that could eventually lead to faster networks and more powerful electronics at lower prices, said Bernard Meyerson, vice president and chief technologist in I.B.M.'s systems and technology group. He said developments like this one typically found their way into commercial products in 12 to 24 months.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/20/technology/20chip.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
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s7awek # 23. June 2006, 12:24
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this new ibm technology might not hit the consumer market too soon, but it's quite likely to be used for custom solutions. for example in the car industry for emulating car crashes.
people like sgi who focus on visualisation could be back again on business. they suffered from their mips processor designs beeing outrun by the consumer market processors.
one interesting question is how will this technology influence software design. will it become more complex again and will we thus experience a software crisis like in the end of the eighties.
this is the beginning of a very interesting age once again.