IBM unveils tech for chips it says pack performance leap, use much less power
Summary
IBM announced a new chip technology that could make computer chips run 50% faster and use much less power. The new design stacks transistors in layers, which is a big change from current chip designs, but the technology will take about five years to be ready for production.Key Facts
- IBM’s new technology is called "0.7-nanometer" and packs nearly 100 billion transistors on a chip the size of a fingernail.
- This is almost twice as many transistors as current 2-nanometer chips made by companies like TSMC.
- Smaller nanometer numbers mean more transistors can fit on a chip, leading to faster and more powerful computing.
- The new chip design uses a three-dimensional structure called "nanostack," stacking transistor layers to improve performance and energy efficiency.
- The chip could deliver up to 50% better performance or 70% better energy efficiency compared to IBM’s 2-nanometer chips.
- IBM’s new chips also improve SRAM memory by 40%, which is important for faster short-term data access in devices.
- IBM expects the technology to be ready for manufacturing in about five years but does not produce chips itself.
- IBM licenses its designs to other companies, like Japan’s Rapidus, for chip production.
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