World's fastest computer chip tested
CHICAGO, April 12 (UPI) -- An electrical engineer at
the University of Illinois is testing a superfast
computer chip that cycles 600 billion times a second
and could get a lot faster.
The new chip developed by researchers led by Milton
Feng eclipsed the previous record of 560 billion
cycles set by Japanese engineers. Feng told the
journal applied Physics Letters the chip may reach
speeds of 1 trillion cycles a second, the Chicago
Sun-Times said.
The chip promises to make applications like Internet
connections 100 times faster than current broadband.
The indium phosphide and indium gallium arsenide
semiconductor is super efficient. It runs cooler than
current silicon chips and would greatly extend battery
life of portable electronic equipment like cellular
telephones and laptop computers.
The new chips initially would cost 100 times more to
manufacture, but those costs would drop quickly making
the chip more affordable, Feng said.
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