IBM and Georgia Tech Test 500 GHz Chip

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Aron Schatz
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June 20, 2006
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This is the largest overclock I have seen. This silicon germanium chip normally runs at 250 GHz at room temp. At 4.5 deg K, it runs at 500 GHz. Awesome stuff coming down the pike.

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The experiments, conducted jointly by IBM and Georgia Tech, are part of a project to explore the ultimate speed limits of silicon germanium (SiGe) devices, which are said to operate faster at cold temperatures. Ultrahigh-frequency SiGe circuits have potential applications in commercial communications systems, military electronics, space and remote sensing. The research could make possible a new class of powerful, low-energy chips that will deliver future applications like HDTV and movie-quality video to cellphones, automobiles and other devices.

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