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Re:Why has CPU frequency ceased to grow? (2014) by tedsanders on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @05:48AM (#16428516)
The 60 mV/dec limit applies to all materials, not just silicon. Beating it will require a fundamentally different type of operation. Agree that changes in materials will require massive investment and learning.
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Re:Why has CPU frequency ceased to grow? (2014) by deepnotderp on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @10:32PM (#16434960)
There are transistor designs that can subvert the subthreshold swing limit, see NC-FETs and TFETs.
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Re:Why has CPU frequency ceased to grow? (2014) by Symmetry on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @10:29AM (#16430095)
Sure, but many materials have much higher electron and hole mobility than silicon has.
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Re:Why has CPU frequency ceased to grow? (2014) by deepnotderp on Thursday February 22, 2018 @04:00PM (#16441344)
He's talking about the Boltzmann limit of MOSFETs
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