Toward faster transistors: new physical phenomenon could lead to increases in computers' clock speed

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Toward faster transistors: new physical phenomenon could lead to increases in computers' clock speed

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-05-faster...enon-clock.html


In the 1980s and ’90s, competition in the computer industry was all about "clock speed" — how many megahertz, and ultimately gigahertz, a chip could boast. But clock speeds stalled out almost 10 years ago: Chips that run faster also run hotter, and with existing technology, there seems to be no way to increase clock speed without causing chips to overheat
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