Intel: also signed into 3D

Intel introduced new technology that allows it to build transistors and three - dimensional, they are faster and more efficient

Intel thinks in three dimensions. Processors giant announced this evening (Wednesday) that it has developed new technology to produce chips, Tri-Gate name, which allows technology to produce 22 nm transistors three-dimensional structure. This will allow the company to cram more processor components, and make these components more efficient, so the dose to continue to act according to Moore's Law. Moore's Law is one of the basics of personal computing industry. This principle holds that the number of transistors that can be put on the processor will double about every two years. Indeed, the last 40 years that's what happened. Speed ​​processors, directly depends on the number of processing elements, almost doubled itself every two years as a result. According to Intel, the company encountered a problem which is minimizing the components over time has become increasingly difficult. This is also the reason that Tri-Gate was developed. The technology does not require to reduce the transistor area, but building a base made of high silicon, creating three sides where until now there was only one side. Not only size matter here, but also better management of power consumption. Thus, low-voltage performance, they provide high speed by 37 percent than current transistors. Although first introduced a decade ago, Tri Gate has not yet been implemented, but now it was time. The first platform using the new technology is called Ivy Bridge. This version, for, of 22 nm, the platform Sandy Bridge launched last January.