Tiny transistor could cut supercomputer size

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Intel Shrinks Transistor Size By 30%

Intel Shrinks Transistor Size By 30% 08/30/2004 10:32 AM

Intel reduces transistor size by 30%

Intel reduces transistor size by 30% 08/30/2004 02:07 PM
Intel have announced a new technology allowing them to reduce the size of their transistors by up to 30%. Industry analysts had been forecasting a major technological barrier for Intel in the not too distant future, but Intel's announcement appears to smash straight through it.

Intel have apparently made "a fully functional 70 megabit memory chip with transistor switches measuring just 35 nanometers" - a 30% size reduction on existing devices. To put this into context, Intel's line of desktop chips, like Pentium 4, are on a 90 to 180 nanometer base.

Reducing the size allows Intel to fit more transistors onto chips, allowing them to build A) more powerful chips (CPUs) B) bigger memory chips. The process could also allow Intel to take back the 'upper hand' in the chip industry from AMD, who have enjoyed great successes in recent months with their new line of chips.

The announcement could also keep "Moore’s Law" valid for many more years to come. The law, created by Intel founder Gordon Moore in the 60s, predicted that the number of transistors on chips would double every two years.

View: Intel.com | BBC Article

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Tiny tiny 4GB hard drive

Tiny tiny 4GB hard drive 04/09/2004 04:11 PM
So you thought the 4GB IBM/Hitachi micro drives as used in the iPod mini are small? Toshiba is making a 4GB drive that is only 2.1cm (0.85 inch) in diameter. (via Macminute) Less than 10 years ago when I had my BBS and FidoNet hub "the Source!" (spelled that way) I had a much bigger disk with much less capacity that imploded. Henrik Jørgensen came to the rescue, lending me a 4GB scsi disk and a scsi controller so I...

HP: We have the next transistor

HP: We have the next transistor 02/01/2005 09:24 PM

HP scientists wave bye-bye to the
transistor

HP scientists wave bye-bye to the
transistor 02/01/2005 09:18 PM
So last century

HP comes up with nanotech transistor
replacement

HP comes up with nanotech transistor
replacement 02/05/2005 09:36 PM
Will transistors go the way of vacuum tubes? A discovery by HP could set the stage for nanoscale computing down the line.

HP Designs Transistor Replacement

HP Designs Transistor Replacement 02/01/2005 08:56 PM
Hewlett-Packard Co. said on Tuesday its researchers have proven that a technology they invented could eventually replace the transistor, a fundamental building block of computers.

Molecular Transistor Breakthrough

Molecular Transistor Breakthrough 06/05/2005 10:54 PM
The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that researchers, led by Robert Wolkow, at the University of Alberta have made a breakthrough in molecular transistors.

Intel's New Transistor Technology

Intel's New Transistor Technology 08/31/2004 06:23 AM
Digital Lifestyles Aug 31 2004 10:51AM GMT

RF LDMOS Transistor Family for 3G
Wireless

RF LDMOS Transistor Family for 3G
Wireless 06/15/2004 03:56 AM
3G Jun 15 2004 7:19AM GMT

Experimental Transistor Breaks 600
Gigahertz

Experimental Transistor Breaks 600
Gigahertz 04/11/2005 03:17 PM

HP's Crossbar Latch... Next Gen
Transistor?

HP's Crossbar Latch... Next Gen
Transistor? 02/01/2005 09:38 PM
Slashdot Feb 1 2005 8:44PM GMT

Intel announces transistor breakthrough

Intel announces transistor breakthrough 11/05/2003 08:36 AM
SiliconValley.com Nov 5 2003 7:32AM ET

HP's Crossbar Latch... Next-Gen
Transistor?

HP's Crossbar Latch... Next-Gen
Transistor? 02/01/2005 09:02 PM

Motorola produces new vertical gate
transistor

Motorola produces new vertical gate
transistor 11/11/2003 08:05 PM
Motorola announced a new, vertical gate transistor which, along with Intel and AMD technologies, could prop up Moore's Law for some time to come.

UIUC Creates World's Fastest Transistor
Again

UIUC Creates World's Fastest Transistor
Again 11/06/2003 07:21 PM

Taiwan Semiconductor Unveils
Breakthrough Transistor

Taiwan Semiconductor Unveils
Breakthrough Transistor 03/20/2003 01:05 PM
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world's largest semiconductor foundry, announced it has developed a breakthrough experimental device that uses a transistor 10 times smaller than existing transistors. Using transistors of this size, scientists could pack the power of a supercomputer into a space no larger than a fingernail.

Texas Instruments validates transistor
material

Texas Instruments validates transistor
material 12/10/2003 08:06 AM
Computer Weekly Dec 10 2003 7:30AM ET

AMD dismisses Intel 'high-k' transistor
tech

AMD dismisses Intel 'high-k' transistor
tech 12/10/2003 05:48 AM
But strained silicon and metal gates are OK

Boffins build room-temperature nano
transistor

Boffins build room-temperature nano
transistor 05/27/2004 09:03 AM
Liquid helium market crash expected

Intel develops High-K Metal gate
transistor

Intel develops High-K Metal gate
transistor 11/04/2003 07:11 PM

James Early, Engineer, Dies at 81;
Helped Create a Transistor

James Early, Engineer, Dies at 81;
Helped Create a Transistor 01/19/2004 02:53 AM
James M. Early was an electrical engineer who pioneered increased transistor performance in the 1950's at Bell Labs.

Motorola develops transistor with
multiple independent vertical gates

Motorola develops transistor with
multiple independent vertical gates 11/11/2003 09:25 AM

The "Big Mac" Supercomputer Biz

The "Big Mac" Supercomputer Biz 08/03/2004 07:34 PM
Apple wasn't a serious playr until researchers discovered how well its high-end computer clusters perform for a relatively low price. By Otis Port, BusinessWeek (via MyAppleMenu)

Size Isn't Everything

Size Isn't Everything 06/28/2004 08:08 PM
Colour me a designasaurus rex, but I find these new displays lacking in the industrial design department. By Gregory Han, Unofficial Apple Weblog (via MyAppleMenu)

CSS-Tiny-1.03

CSS-Tiny-1.03 12/20/2003 09:48 AM

CSS-Tiny-1.09

CSS-Tiny-1.09 03/24/2005 05:19 AM

CSS-Tiny-1.05

CSS-Tiny-1.05 07/13/2004 11:40 PM

Taming the supercomputer.

Taming the supercomputer. 12/19/2003 11:49 AM
CNet: Taming the supercomputer.

Xserve G5 Supercomputer

Xserve G5 Supercomputer 06/22/2004 12:43 PM
“A U.S. Army contractor has purchased a $5.8 million, 1,566-server supercomputer from Apple Computer, a real-world cousin to an academic system that briefly appeared high on a list of the most powerful machines,” reports Stephen Shankland on CNET News.com. “The Colsa system, made of dual-processor Xserve G5 machines, is expected to reach about 15 teraflops when it’s up and running this fall, said project manager Mike Whitlock.” [Jun 22]

Taming the supercomputer

Taming the supercomputer 12/17/2003 08:32 AM
IBM big-iron visionary Tilak Agerwala wants to take the pain out of supercomputing.

Everyman's Supercomputer

Everyman's Supercomputer 01/28/2004 06:39 PM
The great strength of universities is to show what is possible through proof-of-principle experiments and inventions. Machines like Virginia Tech X fall squarely into this category. By Hassan Aref (CNET News.com via MyAppleMenu)

GM springs for IBM supercomputer

GM springs for IBM supercomputer 04/21/2004 05:14 PM
The automotive giant will install one of the world's fastest systems to run crash simulations. The sale is a big boost to IBM's momentum in the supercomputer market.

Supercomputer center gets new No. 2

Supercomputer center gets new No. 2 09/22/2004 04:10 PM
Vijay Samalam has taken over as second-in-command at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, replacing Alan Blatecky.

Google's Supercomputer

Google's Supercomputer 05/20/2004 07:11 PM
CRM Buyer-19 minutes ago ... If you truly respect my privacy, keep your nose out of my business with Google -- it's private," he writes on his blog. A trenchant ...

The Stone Supercomputer

The Stone Supercomputer 12/24/2004 12:57 PM

The Stone SouperComputer: Who says your cluster has to be expensive? When it was running, this cluster at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory had 133 nodes in it, most 486s with 32MB RAM and 10 MB/s Ethernet cards.

While our first Beowulf-style parallel computer isn't built out of the most impressive hardware, we got tired of fighting for funding and went ahead with what we could find. Much like the classic Tale of Stone Soup, many individuals contributed to the existing machine*. Because of a complete lack of funding, we used surplus personal computers donated by individuals from ORNL, the Procurement Dept., Y-12, and K-25, to build a parallel computer system which uses public domain compilers and message passing libraries. This system was built at literally no cost.

This was back in the late 90s, so 66MHz wasn't that slow. Still, pretty darn slow.

Bid for on the spot supercomputer

Bid for on the spot supercomputer 06/22/2004 01:05 AM
News.bbc.co.uk - Mon Jun 21, 02:15 pm GMT

Google's supercomputer

Google's supercomputer 05/12/2004 08:22 AM

Network theorists believe that all networks inevitably form hubs. The "services fabric" that enterprise architects are now weaving may sound egalitarian, but it's not immune to this law. Google's supercomputer -- or supernode -- gives it a leg up on the competition. Yours, however you define it, will too. [Full story at InfoWorld.com]

Echoes of the Google-as-supercomputer meme are everywhere lately. Sun's new chief, Jonathan Schwartz, invoked it when we met with him recently. His take: Sure, Google runs its search and mail applications on Google, but it runs its business applications on Solaris. Coherent symmetric multiprocessing scales in a different direction, Schwartz said, and that's where Solaris 10 is headed with its revamped and highly granular partitioning. ...

The Google Supercomputer

The Google Supercomputer 05/09/2004 04:44 AM
Yahoo! May 9 2004 7:42AM GMT
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