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Title: Die-cast future for computer chips
Post by: jj on July 04, 2002, 02:10:46 AM
A professor in the US says he has a way to maintain or even beat "Moore's Law" - the decades-old observation that computer chips double in speed every 18 months.

Read the full story here - BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2053000/2053539.stm)

Title: Re: Die-cast future for computer chips
Post by: System on July 04, 2002, 02:38:13 AM
This is truly amazing. When the circuit on the chip gets 100 times smaller does that mean that the speed of the chip can be 100 times faster?
Title: Re: Die-cast future for computer chips
Post by: System on July 04, 2002, 04:33:41 AM
I think it is ten times faster!

If the distance between two components are just 1/10 of the normal, electrons would travel between at only 1/10 of the time.
Title: Re: Die-cast future for computer chips
Post by: asian1 on July 04, 2002, 07:21:53 AM
Hi
There are doubts that such method will be commercially viable.  What happen if the mold "wear out"?
How many CPU can be created using a single mold?
What is the cost of creating new molds?
Title: Re: Die-cast future for computer chips
Post by: Herewegoagain on July 04, 2002, 09:55:17 PM
Hmmmm...Could we then have a Terrahertz AmigaOne  :-P
Title: Re: Die-cast future for computer chips
Post by: JetRacer on July 05, 2002, 02:30:38 PM
Electrons move about the same speed no matter what. A smaller chip means less heat. And heat is the core of the problem of increasing speed with a reasonable cost. There's not much of a problem if light (laser) is used instead of a current; it would take us far beyond THz. But it's just so darn expensive that it's not yet a viable option.