It's not only sushi that I like with the Japanese, but also the fact that they seem to be a bit ahead when it comes to technology. If you want arguments to that, just Google how many big tech companies are from Japan and get back here to read the rest.
And the rest is what it's very interesting this time, because researches from Unisantis, a company founded in 2004, claim they will be developing a new type of transistor (three-dimensional) called Stacked Gate Transistor (SGT) that would allow processor clockspeeds up to 50GHz. They are working on the project with Singapore's Institute of Microelectronics (IME).
Getting a little bit deeper on SGT, you may find out that Unisatnis' transistor seems to have a high potential in the memory market because of its 3D structure that is vertically aligned making it not only faster but "bigger" as in storage capacities
The company however have pretty big plans with the SGT and though I don't hold a scientist MBA, I can tell you the man behind the project, Fujio Masuoka - big name in the memory market - is determined to make it the eventual successor of the standard planar transistor design, but may take them 3 to 5 years before it goes live.
The race for high speed - and I'm talking about 10-50GHz - processors has begun and it's not Intel or AMD waving.
Source: ArsTechnica
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Great, now who's starting the race for the heat sink that will be able to handle that beast without being the size of a computer itself?
Posted by: Bryden | December 9, 2007 12:41 AM | Permalink to Comment