Intel Granted Patent for Germanium Nanowire Transistors

[chomlee]

Unfortunately, there is probably a patent troll out there that has a patent entitled "using a better material in a semiconductor to improve speed and efficiency".

 

[holyknight1121]

Way ahead of the competition after this? Intel for the rest of my life for sure.

 

[A Bad Day]

Imagine if a patent troll got hold of this patent, sat on it for a few years, and proceed to suing the living crap out of Intel, Samsung, and every other microchip die manufacturers.

I hope Intel doesn't use it to keep its competitors down.

 

[sykozis]

[citation][nom]A Bad Day[/nom]Imagine if a patent troll got hold of this patent, sat on it for a few years, and proceed to suing the living crap out of Intel, Samsung, and every other microchip die manufacturers.I hope Intel doesn't use it to keep its competitors down.[/citation]
Every patent Intel holds is up for licensing....how do you think TSMC operates? They license every manufacturing tech that Intel and IBM manage to perfect. Intel is in it for the money....and there's a shitload of money in patent licensing.

 

[alidan]

[citation][nom]bustapr[/nom]i noticed my explanation was a little unfinished. what I tried to say is that in microtransistors(and similar sizes) the current ricochets getting from the source to the drain, generating lots of heat on the way and losing part of the energy with which it started. In Nanotransistors the distance between the drain and source is so small that the current travels in a straight line at the bridge very fast and not generating any heat(heat is generated at the source and drain connections to the bridge for the resistive requirements of the transistor) in the bridge and no loss of energy on the way. So the problem with germanium losing too much energy is no longer visible in todays nanotech.I feel like I spoke chinese, but i still hope you understood.[/citation]
its a bit hard to wrap your head around, but i get it.

 

[paladiin]

Anyone else notice that the picture says SrGe? Last I checked the periodic table that would be Strontium Germanium, not Silicon Germanium. So...

 

[bin1127]

The most important point of this article is that a patent was granted to a real invention.

 

[theuniquegamer]

Wow 500GHz GPU . What is the cooling for it?

 

[mkrijt]

[citation][nom]Ramono[/nom]Progress?? How can anyone mention progress when a private company is granted patent on progress?[/citation]

Do you have any idea how much money it costs to do research like this? This is a patent that isn't a broad and vague description of something. This is a specific description of a specific tech. This is a very good example of good use of the patent system imho.

 

[willwayne]

Wow, an actual invention covered by a patent?