Intrinsity Claims 2.2 Ghz Chip

PowerMacDaddy writes "Over at SiliconValley.com there's an article about an Ausin, TX startup named Intrinsity that has unveiled a new chip that utilizes a new logic process with conventional fab processes to acheive a 2.2GHz clock rate. The company is headed by former Texas Instruments and Apple Computer microprocessor developer Paul Nixon. The real question is, is this all FUD, will the real-world performance be part of The Megahertz Myth, or is this thing for real?"

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[Anonymous Coward]

haha dumbass

We can build 100mhz chips right now!

[Ted V]

Just take a normal processor and put an inverter ring off to the side, running at 100mhz, and connected to nothing but power and ground.

Back in the 60s, the power of a radio was measured by the number of transistors. That is, until one radio company put hundreds of useless transistors on their board and didn't even wire them up. After that, radios started getting measured on real abilities like quality of sound. Maybe computer marketting will catch up some day, marketting meaningful numbers: minimum FPS in Quake 3!

-Ted

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[tenman]

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Re:We can build 100mhz chips right now!

[Nehemiah S.]

I don't think you'd make Slashdot's front page by producing a 100mhz chip. Not this decade, at least...

neh

Q3

[jinx_]

alright! another 2 fps in quake3!

*sigh* i want a turbo button on my computer. except, instead of halving my speed, i want it to drop down to 33MHz so i can play all my old games properly under dos.

Microwave

[Foxxz]

2.2 GHz? my moms microwave has been running at 2.45 for years. the bugger gets so hot it cooks food! oh, wait, or is that something different? ;)

-foxxz