IBM develops faster transistors

IBM develops faster transistors

US based tech giants IBM claims that they have developed transistor that runs about 100 times faster than current chips.

This development could help the company develop ultra-fast computers and wireless networks. Transistors are essentially the building blocks of the processors found in everything from supercomputers to digital music players.

IBM said that they achieved the record speeds by building transistors from silicon laced with exotic chemical element germanium.

Bernie Meyerson, head of semiconductor research for IBM said in a statement: “What we’ve been doing in the last several years is pushing the absolute limits of silicon technology. What we’ve done in demonstrating this is that we’re nowhere near having tapped the limits of silicon performance, and that’s very encouraging.”