500GHz Processor!

[lucifersam]

i prefer the BBC article, it seems this silcon is a true processor not just a silicon based signal generator
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5099584.stm
its able to calculate 500 Billion instructions pers econd comapred to the standard 5 billion offered by some of todays PC chips!

 

[Blue Cypher]

is it a Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (M.O.S.F.E.T)? I have been waiting about 2 years to get that one out

 

[Dolph]

The BBC article is wrong, mainly because of an appalling press release by IBM and a significant lack of understanding of what is being discussed.

The chip being discussed is an analogue signal generator capable of 500ghz switching speed, in other words it's a transistor that can switch that fast. It's not a processor, or even anything close to one, it's made in an entirely different way and peforms an entirely different function.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060622-7117.html