IBM to reveal itty-bitty transistor

[vniow]

IBM on Monday will unveil what it says is the world's tiniest working transistor.

Big Blue's IBM Research group will announce the new transistor at the International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in San Francisco this week. The length of the transistor's gate--a tiny pathway for electricity--is only 6 nanometers, or 1,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair.

Transistors are the tiny devices that make up a chip's circuitry, acting like an on-and-off switch for electrical signals; the gate is what turns it on and off. The new, tiny transistor is a symbolic development in chip technology because it helps prove that processor performance will see improvement many more years into the future, IBM researchers said.

neato

 

[MacCoaster]

Re: IBM to reveal itty-bitty transistor

Originally posted by edvniow
Big Blue's IBM Research group will announce the new transistor at the International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in San Francisco this week. The length of the transistor's gate--a tiny pathway for electricity--is only 6 nanometers, or 1,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair.

Isn't it amazing we can make stuff that small?! This is great news.

 

[medea]

That is really awesome, just wait until we find practical everyday uses for nanotechnology.....oh those new stain resistant jeans such as the dockers use nanotechnology.

 

[whocares]

Originally posted by medea
That is really awesome, just wait until we find practical everyday uses for nanotechnology.....oh those new stain resistant jeans such as the dockers use nanotechnology.

How's that?