Amaqabane IBM kunye Samsung Electronics babhengeza uphuhliso uyilo chip entsha. Ngokucwangcisa i-transistors ye-chip ngenye indlela, imibutho ithi inendlela yokuvelisa ii-smartphones ezinobomi bebhetri iveki yonke.
Uninzi lwemibutho enomdla kuphuhliso lwetshiphu ityala imali ekunciphiseni iitransistors. Incinci i-transistors, ngakumbi i-transistors i-chip ivumela. Okukhona i-transistors ivumela i-chip, i-chip isebenza ngakumbi.
I-IBM ayikho ngaphandle komthetho. Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, lo mbutho uthe uthathe inyathelo elibalulekileyo elisingise kwi-2 nanometer (nm) transistor. Ngexesha elifanayo, umenzi we-chip waseDutch u-ASML ubhengeze uphuhliso olufanayo.
Itekhnoloji yokuvelisa i-2nm transistors yenza umqathango obalulekileyo wokuphucula i-chip. Kodwa kukho iindlela ezininzi ezikhokelela eRoma. I-IBM kunye ne-Samsung Electronics bathi bafumene enye yezo ndlela. Indlela yabo ayijikelezi kubukhulu be-transistors, kodwa ilungiselelo lesithuba se-transistors.
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Okwangoku, abavelisi beetshiphu ezifana ne-TSMC kunye ne-Samsung Electronics basebenzisa into ebizwa ngokuba yi-FinFET uyilo, imfutshane ye-'fin field-effect transistor'. I-IBM kunye ne-Samsung Electronics ziphuma noyilo lwe-VTFET, emfutshane ye-'vertical transport field effect transistors'.
I-Samsung kunye ne-IBM zithi uyilo lwe-VTFET lunokunikezela ngokuphindwe kabini amandla kunye ne-85 yepesenti yokusetyenziswa kwamandla angaphantsi koyilo lwe-FinFET. Isizathu? "Ulungiselelo oluthe nkqo lwee-transistors, ngokungafaniyo neFinFET," yatsho imibutho.
Umfanekiso ongezantsi uchaza umahluko woyilo. Nangona i-IBM ivavanye ngempumelelo uyilo kunye nokuveliswa kweetshiphusi zovavanyo, imibutho ayicacisi ukuba kwaye nini iitshiphusi ziya kuvela kwimarike. Nangona kunjalo, imibutho ithi i-VTFET ivula indlela yee-smartphones ezinobomi bebhetri obungaphezulu kweveki kunye nezicelo ezisebenzayo ze-IoT kwiziphekepheke kunye nezithuthi eziziqhubayo.