IBM Demos Transistor with Liquid Nitrogen Cooling
| Date | 21st, Dec 2023 |
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| Source | IEEE Spectrum - Scientific and Educational Websites |
DESCRIPTION
Liquid nitrogen boils at just 77 kelvins (-196 °C). Cooling electronics to this frigid temperature could boost performance, but today’s transistors aren’t designed with cryogenic temperatures in mind. At the 2023 IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM) held in San Francisco earlier in December, IBM researchers demonstrated the first advanced CMOS transistor optimized for liquid-nitrogen cooling.