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From: berryh@udel.EDU (John "Blue" Berryhill)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: TI announcement
Keywords: quantum effect transistor
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Date: 20 Jan 89 13:23:44 GMT
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In article <5621@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> mbkennel@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Matthew B. Kennel) writes:
>In article <11462@haddock.ima.isc.com) suitti@haddock.ima.isc.com (Stephen Uitti) writes:

>)regions measuring 0.01-0.02 microns and offers the possibility of
>)switching speeds 1,000 times faster than today's best semiconductor
>)devices.
>
>0.01-0.02 um?????  Just how _did_ they make it?

That's a vertical dimension (base width), not a horizontal
dimension.  There are a number of deposition technologies that
can produce layers of monoatomic size.

While fast transistors are nice, just remember that in order to
use that speed, you're going to need one heck of an interconnection
technology.

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