IBM Announces Chip Morphing Technology

An anonymous reader writes "IBM has announced that it is now capable of producing self-healing chips. From the article: 'eFUSE works by combining software algorithms and microscopic electrical fuses, opposed to laser fuses, to produce chips that can regulate and adapt their own actions in response to changing conditions and system demands.' It goes on to say that the IBM system is more robust than previous methods, and that the chips are already in production. The future is here!"

Re:Basis for PowerTune?

[rale, the]

No, its not. Theres a pretty huge difference between changing logic and simply lowering frequency by a range of dividers.

Default Color Link

[Anonymous Coward]

Before that other guy does it:

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/30/220256 &tid=136&tid=137&tid=126 [slashdot.org]

Argh!

[PKC Jess]

I know this is slightly offtopic, but how many people have ever actually BEEN to the IT section of slashdot? It hurts the eyes! On a more ontopic note, I am tres excited about this technology and I for one will keep a sharp eye on it. Go self healing technology!

Nothing new to see folks

[shokk]

Nothing new here. Virage Logic Corporation [viragelogic.com] has had these designs on the shelf for their Self-Test and Repair (STAR) Memory System for some time now [google.com]. It has been licensed to quite a few parties already for use in the various fabs so this is already being done.

Look through the website. IBM is even a customer.

Re:Who benefits really?

[Detritus]

They already do #2 with DRAM chips, to keep the yields at reasonable levels. Although I think they have to be tested and repaired before they are shipped from the factory.

Re:Default Color Link

[aftk2]

On my work monitor, the gamma is so bad that reading the IT color scheme is really straining. Games.slashdot.org doesn't do it...but IT sure does.

So with that in mind, because what else is there to do on a Saturday morning...I made a javascript bookmark that will replace whatever URL you're viewing in Slashdot with the default color scheme.

http://www.electricstate.com/slashdot.php [electricstate.com]

Obviously, it won't work when you're browsing the top-level category pages of a particular section, but once you're in the articles, it should work at any level.

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