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Oh, if transistors became free we could realize a huge boost in performance. We could basically take the cream of the crop and use only 9-sigma parts. (The rang
by sliverstorm 13y ago
Oh, if transistors became free we could realize a huge boost in performance. We could basically take the cream of the crop and use only 9-sigma parts. (The range of part quality is pretty wide, cost/rarity is the challenge)
We could also abandon yield-oriented design constraints, and a few other things.
Now this probably isn't something that would keep doubling every year, but there would be an initial large bump.
- reitzensteinm 13y agoNot so fast! I must object to the loophole you claim to have found. I said the wafers would be free; testing ~100 trillion of them to find the best costs extra :) I never even thought of that angle - do you know how much better such a part would realistically be? I thought binning was mostly a matter of defect reduction (where some defects are slight). But at that extreme level, it could be a different game altogether.
- marcosdumay 13y agoPeople keep demonstrating 1THz transistors on the lab. So, I'd say that such part would get up to a around 100GHz clock (a few switchings per pipeline stage), with our usual architectures. And it would use an insane amount of power.