it can be sold to manufacturers for use in a
whole host of devices from 2025 - just three
short years away. Speaking of the new chip,
IBM Research vice president Mukesh Khare said
that “everything is built with atomic precision,”
adding that “most advanced manufacturing in
the world is in about 7nm and some are in 5mn,
and we are here to show we could put together
a 2nm transistor. That means this industry will
keep going for the next decade, that’s what
these results mean.”
Many have been quick to compare the
performance of IBM’s new 2-nanometer chip
with Apple’s new M1 chip, but Khare said it
wouldn’t be fair to do. “It’s comparing apples
and oranges in this case because the M1
chip is a product using existing technology,
older technology,” he said, adding that IBM’s
breakthrough technology would blow it out of
the park. The news comes at a time when the
world continues to recover from the COVID-19
pandemic, which is continuing to cause supply
chain disruptions due to chip shortages.
Even Apple, who is no longer at the behest of
some of these third-party chipmakers, warned
investors in its latest earnings call that it could
face disruptions in the coming months, and
those disruptions could impact iPhone 13
shipments. IBM says that innovations like
the 2-nanometer chip take years to develop
and that it provides companies with the
conidence they can continue to invest in such
technologies. It also teased that the company
was working on chips that were smaller than
2-nanometers, which could pave the way for
even greater innovations and technological
possibilities in the years and decades ahead.Image: IMB