A week's autonomy on a smartphone?It won't be science fiction soon!

Samsung and IBM unveiled the results of a common search to manufacture ultra-economic processors in energy-based transistors ... an innovation with multiple impacts ...

Just as Intel works on the stacking of transistors for its future generations of Ribbonfet transistor base processors, other market players are also looking for tracks to make processors ever more dense, more compact and less energy -consuming.

Thus, Samsung and IBM unveiled this week the result of their latest research in terms of processor design.They have thus developed a new architecture based on vertical transistors!Named VTFET, for vertical transport Field effect transistors, this architecture is no longer based on flat transistors on the surface of the semiconductor but on transistors placed perpendicular to the surface with a vertical electric flow.

This new layout of transistors, this new way of ‘engraving’ transistors in the heart of silicone, aims to open the way to a finesse of engraving under the legendary bar of the Nanometer.But the first consequence of this new architecture is a lower consumption.Researchers anticipate a reduction of 85% of electricity consumption compared to current finfet architecture.According to them, this technology would have smartphones with batteries offering autonomy of more than a week.In addition, this technology would allow substantial savings in electricity consumption, while heavy treatments such as AI learning, data encryption or cryptumining, are ultra -crushing of power and therefore energy.

"The global shortage of semiconductors has highlighted the critical role of investments in research and development on flea market and the importance of flea markets in all things, from IT to communication tools, including appliances,transport systems and critical infrastructure, ”explains IBM.

The VTFET process claims to reject current borders and provide a practical solution to the many obstacles to performance.Like the Ribbonfet approach to Intel, this process also aims to prolong Moore's law beyond the current decade by embarking always more transistors in the same space."But VTFET technology also influences transistors' contact points, which allows a greater flow rate with less waffled energy," explains Dr. Mukesh Khare, Vice-President, Hybrid Cloud and Systems, at IBM Research."Today's technological announcement aims to question conventions, to rethink the way we continue to advance society and to offer new innovations that improve life and business while reducing our environmental impact".