http://www.metafilter.com/tags/silicongermanium Posts tagged with 'silicongermanium' at MetaFilter. Thu, 28 Feb 2002 13:55:38 -0800 Thu, 28 Feb 2002 13:55:38 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/15164/ <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/nm/20020225/bs_nm/tech_ibm_dc_21">IBM gives Moore's Law a punch in the face</a> by developing a 110GHz silicon germanium microchip. Only for use in ultra hi-tech environments right now (network infrastructure, military, etc.), of course. What other things could these processors be useful for? Finding vaccines? Genome mapping? SETI? And how many years before they're mass-producible and inexpensive enough for consumer use? tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.15164 Thu, 28 Feb 2002 13:55:38 -0800 ibm microchips mooreslaw silicongermanium andnbsp