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1. Comment - Intel Reinvents the Transistor

   (Jan 29, 2007 - 12:31 PM)

   " ... So IBM wanted to keep the discovery as a secret for a little longer - no big deal. Besides, once the CPU's go to mass production, it's VERY easy to bribe some worker to steal one for reverse engineering the exact materials used. ..."
   
   I know about IBM horning in on everything patentable ala "Copper bottom" chips, etc. to support their almost totally misleading ad campaigns. As for reverse engineering the Intel "mystery metal" ... there is not eough time left in my life to re-invent someone elses wheel.
   
   " ... there was no mention of octa-core CPUs ...(?)"
   
   As for the transitions to high numbered CPU cores on a single die, the jump would be from quad-core (4 processors) to hexidecimal-core (16 processors) or hexi-core(?) The math works better, the traces match more easily to the individual PUs ... as does the gross topography, the core layout on the die and die layout on the board(s). The next "multi-core level" after that is to 64 processor units, which has all manner of thermal questions like hot areas on the die, etc. (The prefered gross, macro topography for multiple hexi-core PUs will be a round computing device about the size of a coffee can with hexi-core "blades" feeding a central, axial glass bus ... my next paper/article will explain the details. Copyrights & patents are non-IBM.)

2. Comment - Intel Reinvents the Transistor

   (Jan 28, 2007 - 4:53 PM)

   Still no answer Re: " ... With the hafnium material serving as the gate, Intel will then replace the polysilicon electrode layer with a metal electrode, the exact alloy used here also being kept secret ..."
   ...
   
   The Mystery Metal ID quiz Post #23
   The tally thus far:
   
   2 or 3 votes:
   " "probably a common metal" or " something really embarrassingly non cool sounding like aluminum or steel ".
   
   1 or 2 votes:
   " unobtanium " or something so wildly off the known physical universe charts that it will astound us all.
   
   1 vote (mine):
   Silver or a high percentage Silver alloy (>=90% Silver)
   
   1 vote:
   " that stuff I keep finding in my navel " or some organic compound of a high impedence nature.
   
   Your vote goes here:

3. Comment - Intel Reinvents the Transistor

   (Jan 27, 2007 - 3:40 PM)

   Re: " ... With the hafnium material serving as the gate, Intel will then replace the polysilicon electrode layer with a metal electrode, the exact alloy used here also being kept secret ..."
   
   I have started a thread/topic at DIYAudio.com to try to discover the identity of the Mystery Metal. My guess is it is Silver or a Silver alloy like Sterling Silver (90% Silver/8% Copper). I would bet as well that following metals commodity prices would likewise give additional clues at to the Mystery Metal ID.
   (re: http://www.diyaudio.com/...tid=1117705#post1117705 )