Faster by design

摘要

A european consortium has set its sights on developing a transistor that would enable the design of cheaper and faster products for applications ranging from communication to imaging.The ￡11 m DOTFIVE project, co-ordinated by France-based STMicroelectronics' Gilles Thomas, aims to create an integrated circuit with advanced silicon-based bipolar transistors that operate at a frequency of 500GHz, or 0.5Tera-Hertz. Other industry partners in the 15-strong consortium include Germany's Infineon Technologies and Belgium's IMEC. Academic partners include the University of Naples and the Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria.