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Tuesday, February 26, 2002
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/269484p-2477111c.html IBM touts new semiconductor circuit as 'world's fastest' SAN MATEO, Calif. (February 25, 2002 5:05 p.m. EST) - IBM Corp. unveiled a high-speed integrated semiconductor circuit Monday. The semiconductor circuit, which IBM dubbed the "world's fastest," is based on silicon germanium - SiGe - a material that uses a layer of germanium to achieve high speed while taking advantage of the low cost and workability of silicon. IBM, which said the technology is already widely used in both high-speed wired and low-cost wireless equipment, expects the chip to be available later this year. The new chip, aimed at makers of fiber-optic switches and other networking devices, runs at more than 110 gigahertz, which means it turns on and off more than 100 billion times a second....
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