The 4GHz overclocked Pentium D for $800 is being linked to from all over, but it ain’t nothin’.
With a little cryogenic freezing down to just 9° above absolute zero, this little piece of sand is hitting 500GHz. For those who want to run it at room temperature it will go to 350GHz.
Who knew something like this would come out of Georgia. Yes, that is Georgia, USA.
The Georgia Institute of TEchnology has been making a lot of headlines recently, but “Half-Terahertz Performance: Georgia Tech/IBM Team Demonstrates First 500 GHz Silicon-Germanium Transistors” is my favorite tech headline of the day so far. Check out the pictures on the site. I am certain that there will be similar case-mods coming out. Hey, I would love to have a computer look like that. There are larger versions available if you want to change your desktop.
The New York Times article on this says that technology like this goes commercial within 12-24 months (may need a password). But if you think cell phone costs are burning holes in your pocket now, this most definitely will.
I can picture IBM using this to take another spot in the top supercomputer list. Who knows, Google may be using it soon as well. I really need to hit “Publish” on the Googleplex post I have sitting here (should come today).
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