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IBM "Frozen Chip" Hits 500GHz

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Posted 21 Jun 2006 - 08:27

IBM and Georiga Tech have demonstrated a 500GHz Silicon-germanium (SiGe) chip, operating at 4.5 Kelvin (-268.65 degrees). The "frozen chip" was fabricated by IBM on 200mm wafers, and, at room temperature, the circuits operated at approximately 350GHz.

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Posted 21 Jun 2006 - 17:56

i'd like to see how much faster it would have gone if they had gotten it cooled down to 0 kelvin instead of 4.5 :D
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