| Jan 27, 2007 @ 6:50 PM |
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ToucherinSparks
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I was just reading an article about Intel's new 45 nanometer chips that will coming online this year. Intel says these chips won't be based on polysilicone technology, but rather on a new secret material. Anyone know what Intel's secret material is? Is it Gallium Arsinide?
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| Jan 27, 2007 @ 9:43 PM |
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T_i_m
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People! Intel's secret material is PEOPLE!!!
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| Jan 28, 2007 @ 1:19 AM |
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ToucherinSparks
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Yum, Soylent Green. Sounds tasty, but I don't think it's going to make good chips.
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| Jan 28, 2007 @ 3:07 PM |
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SunBabe
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They aren't too bad when they're fried in trans fat and served with guacomole dip, although salsa makes for a more appealing color contrast. 
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| Jan 28, 2007 @ 6:51 PM |
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ToucherinSparks
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Sunny? What are you doing in here reading about Intel chips? Are you a techno babe as well?
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| Jan 29, 2007 @ 11:13 PM |
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Clearwaterblues
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Phew! Sorry I'm late! It will use a combination of high-k gate dielectrics and metal gates. Read that on some site. lol
Edit: It was intel itself where I read it. ha
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| Jan 30, 2007 @ 8:34 PM |
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T_i_m
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I heard it from a classified source that the new microchips will use space alien technology and materials from the future.
And some Corbomite.
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| Jan 31, 2007 @ 9:36 PM |
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ToucherinSparks
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Seriously, I've done some research, and found that Intel is using a metal I've never heard of called Hafnium.
Here's the Wiki entry on it....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafnium
Looks like silicone chips will be as obsolete as 45 rpm records soon.
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| Jun 1 @ 7:02 AM |
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SignandPost
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Hi,
this thread is quite old, but if you are still interested... I work in the microelectronics field and feel free to ask questions: i'd like to contribute and not only to "take" from you (information :).
You probably know it by now; the secret material is silicon germanium (SiGe) in the source/drain areas of the transistors, plus high K (e.g. hafnium) oxides and metals in the gate.
SiGe is used to introduce deformation in silicon, that allows for electrons to travel faster. High K oxides and metal gates allow for a better control of the potential wall to be overcame when making the transistor going from the off to the on state :)
hope it helps..
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| Jun 1 @ 8:03 AM |
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chatillion
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Great... thanks for telling the WORLD about Intel's trade secret. 
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| Jun 1 @ 7:50 PM |
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capobeachguy
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While SiGe technology may or may not be new to Intel, IBM has been working with it since the early 1980s.
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