IBM 6 announced that it has successfully developed a 2 nanometer process chip (chip) to achieve the latest breakthrough in this field. If the technology is applied in the future, it is now common to charge a day a cell phone can be expected to four days a charge.
Chips are widely used in cell phones, computers and other devices, the manufacturing technology of the process is often calculated in nanometers, the lower the number means that the chip more advanced, smaller, higher performance, as well as lower power consumption.
CNN reported that IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) announced Thursday that its laboratory has developed a 2-nanometer chip, which will be the world’s smallest and most powerful chip to date, and represents the latest milestone in the field.
Most of today’s computer chips use 10-nanometer or 7-nanometer process technology, and some manufacturers produce 5-nanometer chips.
IBM’s newly developed chip uses 2 nanometer process technology, a giant leap for components used to power smartphones and appliances to supercomputers and transportation equipment.
The new 2-nanometer chip is about the size of a fingernail cap and contains 50 billion transistors, each about the size of two DNA strands, said Mukesh Khare, IBM vice president of hybrid cloud research. The last breakthrough in 2017, a 5-nanometer chip, achieved the implantation of 30 billion transistors.
Dario Gil, director of IBM Research, said in an interview, “When we experience phones getting better, cars getting better, computers getting better, it’s because behind the scenes, the transistors are getting better and we have more transistors available in the chip.”
Compared to today’s 7-nanometer chips, the new chips are expected to achieve a 45 percent increase in performance while consuming significantly less energy by about 75 percent. With a 2-nanometer chip, cell phone batteries can be charged once to last up to four times longer, laptop computers can be significantly faster, and data center carbon footprints will be reduced.
IBM’s research on the new chip will also help it develop its own future technology products. The chip, Gill said, was introduced “to ensure that we have a leadership position in semiconductor technology in the country.”
IBM’s announcement comes at a time when the world is facing a shortage of chip supply. The U.S. Biden administration is considering investing $50 billion to develop domestic chip research, development and manufacturing.
The technology is expected to begin production in late 2024 or 2025. Gill said his company will not be satisfied with what it has achieved so far and will continue to move forward.
“The fact that 2 nanometer (chips) were announced is proof that we do have that leadership in the country.” He said, “But people aren’t standing still. We need to push forward.”
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