110Ghz High Speed Transistor

The BBC are reporting on the latest advancement in technology - A 110Ghz silicon transistor. By adding flourine to the silicon transisitors, researchers at the University of Southampton managed to greatly improve the speed at which the common transistor is capable of running, making the result a new world record. From the article:

“It just takes a standard technology and adds one extra step……This is a really cheap method.”

The new process is said to be very cheap and easy to impliment, meaning that we should see the new technology in the not too distant future. Ideal implications are in the mobile computing world, with mobile phones and PDA’s at the forefront.

“Complete circuits usually operate at about a tenth of the speed of the component transistors meaning the new devices could allow engineers to build chips that operate at a speed of about 11GHz.”

More Information: BBC News - Speedy silicon sets world record