w00t! That means we'll see 6GHz chips in the next year! A cookie to anyone who can tell my why I can ACTUALLY fairly surely say that... Anywho, didn't IBM make an 80GHz chip (silicon-based iirc) about a year ago??
not in the next year. Intel and IBM have invested too heavily in silicon computing at the mo to change until they absolutely have to. In the next 10 years, sure. Diamond semi conductors though!! Quality! Is it x86 though? It mebbe 81Ghz, but what does it DO? (im about to read the article now). edit: They're gonna have to get the gate width down though to something useable. 0.2u is only 200nm, compared to the 0.13u which we are currently on and the 0.09u which we are moving to theyve got some way to go to fit more transis' onto a chip.
Same here, but they must still be used in ultra high frequency operation where silicon technology cannot replicate those kind of speeds.
Yeah sure, and computers are only useful for recipes I didn't say 60GHz, or 6GHz DIAMOND. I said 6GHz. And according to moore's law, we should have them. (as stated two posts before yours)
Isn't that the law where the speed of the fastest processor doubles every 18 months and the transistor count doubles every 12 months?
Generally mostly applied to consumer processors though... seeing the 3GHz was out ~6months ago... cha-ching
Apologies; yes. Consumer processors only generally. What's the fastest processor ever made for commercial use anyway (talking about a single unit rather than a multi-cored beast)
Still, i read that the IBM/Intel peeps would rather go to 45nm or 30nm or 15nm process and use silicon rather then move to diamond at the moment cause their whole setup and expertese is in silicon. Having to retrain and resource ultra pure diamond is gonna cost time and mucho wonger. Ok ill say 3-5 years, not within the next 12-18 months. Moores law doesnt state anything about HOW it will be achieved only that it will.
Yes you did: That translates into saying Moore turned round and said "come 2004 we shall have diamond semi conductors to continue the trend".
Isn't Moore's law slowing down slightly? I think we're going to reach a plateau where the heat produced by ever-more-powerful processors will completely offset their feasability with regards to cost and cooling... 5-6GHz seems the limit for me, really... *n
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