Intel's Ivy Bridge chips launch using '3D transistors'
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Re: Intel's Ivy Bridge chips launch using '3D transistors'
#2It must be midnight somewhere; the embargos are expiring. Personally, the BBC is the last place I'd look for coverage of processors; you'd probably be better off waiting a few hours for AnandTech or something.
(Also, they're called FinFETs.)
Re: Intel's Ivy Bridge chips launch using '3D transistors'
#3I'll be waiting for my nano-microchip in the near future, thank you very much. Enough of this silicon-based stuff!
Re: Intel's Ivy Bridge chips launch using '3D transistors'
#4It must be midnight somewhere; the embargos are expiring. Personally, the BBC is the last place I'd look for coverage of processors; you'd probably be better off waiting a few hours for AnandTech or something. (Also, they're called FinFETs.)
No, they're called "Tri-Gate" transistors if you want to nit. FinFET is an industry term, not one Intel uses for this particular process. Both/either are examples of 3D transistor structure, so the linked article isn't wrong.
Re: Intel's Ivy Bridge chips launch using '3D transistors'
#5I'll be waiting for my nano-microchip in the near future, thank you very much. Enough of this silicon-based stuff!
Silicon is here to stay for the foreseeable future, and for a very simple reason. While we have many advanced possibilities with germanium or carbon nano-tubes or other such advanced processes, silicon is still the cheapest by such a magnitude that it wins out in performance per dollar.
Re: Intel's Ivy Bridge chips launch using '3D transistors'
#6It must be midnight somewhere; the embargos are expiring. Personally, the BBC is the last place I'd look for coverage of processors; you'd probably be better off waiting a few hours for AnandTech or something. (Also, they're called FinFETs.)
No, they're called "Tri-Gate" transistors if you want to nit. FinFET is an industry term, not one Intel uses for this particular process. Both/either are examples of 3D transistor structure, so the linked article isn't wrong.
With some images of each (which I can't judge for accuracy): http://semiaccurate.com/2011/08/18/intel-moves-transistors-f...
Re: Intel's Ivy Bridge chips launch using '3D transistors'
#7Hopefully we see a new MacBook Pro release soon…
Re: Intel's Ivy Bridge chips launch using '3D transistors'
#8I'll be waiting for my nano-microchip in the near future, thank you very much. Enough of this silicon-based stuff!
Nano-what? "Microchip" isn't a material ... But silicon is, and you can have as many nano-silicon microchips you want!
Re: Intel's Ivy Bridge chips launch using '3D transistors'
#9Hopefully we see a new MacBook Pro release soon…
Rather Air or something to rival it. Thin, silent, energy efficient.
Re: Intel's Ivy Bridge chips launch using '3D transistors'
#10I'll be waiting for my nano-microchip in the near future, thank you very much. Enough of this silicon-based stuff!
Silicon is here to stay for the foreseeable future, and for a very simple reason. While we have many advanced possibilities with germanium or carbon nano-tubes or other such advanced processes, silicon is still the cheapest by such a magnitude that it wins out in performance per dollar.
Blank CDs were pretty expensive at one point.