During the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) here this week, Intel Corp. plans to provide more pieces of the puzzle that will enable the development of high-speed microprocessors, including a 0.13-micron, 5-GHz chip.
In various papers at ISSCC, Intel plans to describe three new, low-power "building blocks" to enable high-speed processors, including a 5-GHz integer execution core and an integrated 6.5-GHz arithmetic-logic unit (ALU) and scheduler. It will also describe a method to reduce the power consumption in chips by utilizing "forward and reverse body bias" technologies as well.
Intel claims these "building blocks" will enable the development of 5-GHz chips at 0.13-micron process technologies--at room temperature. But the company is aiming these technologies for next-generation processor designs, said Justin Rattner, an Intel Fellow and director of the company's Microprocessor Research Laboratories.
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