IBM launched the world’s first 2 nanometers (2nm) semiconductor today. The new semiconductors will help the tech industry towards better, more powerful processors which can now utilise the smaller semiconductor size to get more units in a single processor and get up to 45 per cent higher performance while using 75 per cent lower energy than a 7nm chip.
The 2nm design demonstrates
the advanced scaling of semiconductors using IBM’s nanosheet technology. It
will allow chips to fit 50 billion transistors on a chip “the size of a
fingernail”.
The new 2nm
semiconductor “is the product of IBM’s approach of taking on hard tech challenges
and a demonstration of how breakthroughs can result from sustained investments
and a collaborative R&D ecosystem approach,” Darío Gil, SVP and Director of
IBM Research said.
What benefits chips with 2nm
semiconductors bring?
The new 2nm
semiconductors will let chips consume much lesser battery in devices like cell
phones. IBM suggests that users will see up to four times higher battery life
in mobile devices and will need to charge their devices once in 4 days.
The company also
suggests that the smaller semiconductors in new chips will help reduce the
carbon footprint of data centres, which in itself account for one per cent of
global energy use. For devices like laptops, consumers can expect quicker
processing in applications and other benefits like faster internet access.
The processors
powered by the new 2nm chip will also be able to detect objects faster, making
them useful in reducing the reaction time in autonomous vehicles, like
self-driving cars.
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