IBM has created the world's fastest semiconductor circuit -- operating at speeds of more than 110 GigaHertz (GHz) and processing an electrical signal in 4.3 trillionths of a second.
The circuit was built using IBM's latest silicon germanium (SiGe) chip-making technology, extending basic silicon to speeds never thought possible. IBM is now making the technology, called "SiGe 8HP," available to top-tier communications equipment makers to help increase the speed of networks. The first chips built with the technology are expected to appear later this year.
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