{"id":342774,"date":"2017-06-05T23:16:38","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T15:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1499448"},"modified":"2017-06-05T23:16:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T15:16:38","slug":"ibm-creates-a-new-transistor-type-for-5nm-silicon-chips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/ibm-creates-a-new-transistor-type-for-5nm-silicon-chips\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM creates a new transistor type for 5nm silicon chips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JPLv04O1VjE?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\">IBM Research has created a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/blogs\/think\/2017\/06\/5-nanometer-transistors\/\" rel=\"noopener\">new type of transistor for chips<\/a> that enable 5nm construction, the smallest ever for a silicon processor. This new method, created in tandem with research partners GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Samsung, changes some basic things about how chips are put together, and helps break a barrier with the previous process that essentially signaled the end of Moore\u2019s Law.<\/p>\n<p>This new process created by IBM will make it possible for engineers to put as many as 30 billion transistors on a chip the size of a single human fingernail, using a new process called gate-all-around (GAA) transistors, which uses horizontal layers of stacked silicon to enable a fourth \u201cgate\u201d on transistors on the chip.<\/p>\n<p>For practical purposes, this is important because it helps enable a 40 percent performance improvement over current 10nm chip designs \u2014 but using the same amount of power. If you wanted to optimize for power savings, alternatively, you could create chips with the same performance level as today\u2019s 10nm units, but with a 75 percent reduction in how much power is needed to achieve that performance.<\/p>\n<p>Before you get too excited, however, remember that these things take time to move beyond the research stage; 10 to 15 years between original breakthrough and market proliferation, by IBM\u2019s own admission. Still, it definitely gives us something to look forward to, especially when it comes to powerful, local, mobile computing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/wafer-of-chips-with-5nm-silicon-nanosheet-transistors.jpg?w=680\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/wafer-of-chips-with-5nm-silicon-nanosheet-transistors.jpg?w=680 680w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/wafer-of-chips-with-5nm-silicon-nanosheet-transistors.jpg?w=1360 1360w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/wafer-of-chips-with-5nm-silicon-nanosheet-transistors.jpg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/wafer-of-chips-with-5nm-silicon-nanosheet-transistors.jpg?w=300 300w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/wafer-of-chips-with-5nm-silicon-nanosheet-transistors.jpg?w=768 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/>&nbsp;IBM Research has created a new type of transistor for chips that enable 5nm construction, the smallest ever for a silicon processor. This new method, created in tandem with research partners GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Samsung, changes some basic things about how chips are put together, and helps break a barrier with the previous process that essentially signaled the end of Moore&#8217;s Law. <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2017\/06\/05\/ibm-creates-a-new-transistor-type-for-5nm-silicon-chips\/?ncid=rss\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=wZF96lfs2GY:ioy3CoEn8Ho:2mJPEYqXBVI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=2mJPEYqXBVI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=wZF96lfs2GY:ioy3CoEn8Ho:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=wZF96lfs2GY:ioy3CoEn8Ho:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=wZF96lfs2GY:ioy3CoEn8Ho:-BTjWOF_DHI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?i=wZF96lfs2GY:ioy3CoEn8Ho:-BTjWOF_DHI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=wZF96lfs2GY:ioy3CoEn8Ho:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?i=wZF96lfs2GY:ioy3CoEn8Ho:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=wZF96lfs2GY:ioy3CoEn8Ho:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Techcrunch\/~4\/wZF96lfs2GY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[59,66,26],"class_list":["post-342774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-media","tag-techcrunch","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}