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Interesting. The article makes the following claim: As the leader in advanced schemes that point beyond traditional silicon-based computing, IBM holds over 500
by NamTaf 12y ago
Interesting. The article makes the following claim:
As the leader in advanced schemes that point beyond traditional silicon-based computing, IBM holds over 500 patents for technologies that will drive advancements at 7nm and beyond silicon — more than twice the nearest competitor.
I would have guessed that Intel was the big player here in the low-level hardware space. What has put IBM at that position, besides sheer age?
- arjn 12y agoIntel is the big player in that space.
- Hermel 12y agoFundamental research. For example, Karl Alex Müller discovered super-conductivity while working at IBM's Swiss research lab and later won the Nobel prize for that (http://www.uzh.ch/about/portrait/nobelprize_en.html http://www.uzh.ch/about/portrait/nobelprize_en.html). Also, they invented the scanning electron microscope, along with other discoveries relevant at nano-scale. IBM is one of the very few companies that does fundamental research with a time-horizon of decades, and not just one product cycle.
- NamTaf 12y agoThanks for the detailed info! Really appreciated :)
- selimthegrim 12y agoYou mean _high-temperature_ superconductivity. The regular stuff has been known since the turn of the 20th century. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heike_Kamerlingh_Onnes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heike_Kamerlingh_Onnes
- nl 12y agoIBM does a lot of basic research. Intel and IBM have a long standing patent cross-licensing arrangement in place.