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Re: Squishy transistors—a device concept for fast, low-power electronics

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On 09/06/2015 07:31 PM, Sam Wormley wrote:
> On 9/6/15 5:41 PM, Sam Wormley wrote:
>> Squishy transistors—a device concept for fast, low-power electronics
>>> http://phys.org/news/2015-09-squishy-transistorsa-device-concept-fast.html
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>> Moore's law predicted that the number of transistors able to fit on a
>>> given die area would double every two years. As transistor density
>>> doubled, chip size shrank and processing speeds increased. This march
>>> of progress led to rapid advances in information technology and a
>>> surge in the number of interconnected devices. The challenge with
>>> making anything smaller is that there are fundamental physical limits
>>> that can't be ignored and we are now entering the final years of CMOS
>>> transistor shrinkage.
>>
>>> Furthermore, this proliferation is driving an increase in data
>>> volume, accompanied by rising demands on energy to process, store and
>>> communicate it all; as a result, IT infrastructure now draws an
>>> estimated 10 % of the world's electrical power. Previous efforts have
>>> focused on remediation by reducing the amount of energy per bit.
>>> However, soon we will hit a power barrier that will prevent continued
>>> voltage scaling. The development of novel, low-power devices based on
>>> different physical principles is therefore crucial to the continued
>>> evolution of IT.
>>
>>> A team from NPL, IBM, Edinburgh and Auburn have demonstrated the
>>> capabilities of the Piezoelectric Transistor (PET) as a post-CMOS
>>> technology that could overcome these issues and restore voltage
>>> scaling. In the paper, published in Applied Physics Letters, the team
>>> explain the physics underlying the PET's behaviour and use theory and
>>> simulation to predict its performance when optimised across a wide
>>> range of application spaces, spanning several different length
>>> scales: including radio frequency switches (on the micron scale) and
>>> devices such a smartphones and phased array radar.
>>>
>>>
>>> Read more at:
>>> http://phys.org/news/2015-09-squishy-transistorsa-device-concept-fast.html
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>     I'm sure the jimp would find this interesting, as he claims to be an
>     electrical engineering type. But his anger may prevent him from
>     reading this cool article.

Sammy, you are STILL an idiot. What kind of article talks about Moore's 
so-called "law" in one breath and than talks about our savior with 
micron size devices? Here's a hint, Samson: What are the current 
dimensions of transistors in the current generation of Intel processors? 
  How about the NEXT generation? Are you REALLY this dumb?



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Squishy transistors—a device concept for fast, low-power electronics Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-06 17:41 -0500
  Re: Squishy transistors—a device concept for fast, low-power electronics jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-06 23:02 +0000
  Re: Squishy transistors—a device concept for fast, low-power electronics Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-06 18:31 -0500
    Re: Squishy transistors—a device concept for fast, low-power electronics jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-07 00:33 +0000
      Re: Squishy transistors—a device concept for fast, low-power electronics Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-06 19:58 -0500
        Re: Squishy transistors—a device concept for fast, low-power electronics jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-07 01:32 +0000
          Re: Squishy transistors—a device concept for fast, low-power electronics Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-06 21:08 -0500
            Re: Squishy transistors—a device concept for fast, low-power electronics jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-07 03:23 +0000
              Re: Squishy transistors—a device concept for fast, low-power electronics Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-07 11:48 -0500
                Re: Squishy transistors—a device concept for fast, low-power electronics jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-07 17:06 +0000
                Re: Squishy transistors—a device concept for fast, low-power electronics Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-07 12:21 -0500
                Re: Squishy transistors—a device concept for fast, low-power electronics jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-07 17:53 +0000
    Re: Squishy transistors—a device concept for fast, low-power electronics benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-09-07 03:34 -0400

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