no more heat issues with future AMD processors?

[andrew_mani]

from the www.theregister.co.uk:

"Following our report last week that AMD was experimenting with a new pure form of silicon (later confirmed by AMD Zone), news reaches The Reg of Chimpzilla's progress with the upcoming Palomino.

A new natural substance that disspates heat much better than ceramics is being tested and a Palomino prototype is reported to be running in AMD's Fab25 in Austin at 1.5GHz with a simple passive heatsink.

Details of temperatures have yet to leak, but the test chip is said to use aluminium, rather than copper interconnects.

A Fab 25 insider said Palomino was "looking good". "



http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/15201.html

 

[Guest]

.... Yes, new type of 'pure silicon' could work wonders for Palominos.

 

[Guest]

AMDzone.com's contact confirmed AMD is to use purer silicon (Si28) from Isonics. Isonics later let out a press relaese confirming it is working with AMD and Cyrix. Reportedly from Isonics, this new purer silicon cuts heat down on a processing manufacturer's 1 ghz processor down 35 degrees C. Theregister's contact from AMD reported that you can touch the chip with your finger while running and it's cool to the touch. Isonics has been creating a way to mass produce this Si28. Coupled with a 0.13 micron fab shrink (transistor 1/3 closer together), copper interconnects (conducts electricity some 30-40% better), silicon-on-insulator wafers, and low-k dielectrics we may soon see 2 ghz Palominos in notebook computers.

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