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Discussion on Article:
IBM Runs Chip at 500GHz, Sets New World’s Record.

Started by: pma | Date 06/22/06 12:15:26 AM
Comments: 9 | Last Comment:  06/22/06 10:12:12 PM

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1. 
read:
Absolute Zero not Aero
-273,16 Celsius not -237.6°C
[Posted by: pma | Date: 06/22/06 12:15:26 AM]

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Absolute aero, the coldest achievable temperature in nature, occurs at minus -273.6°C instead of -237.6°C
[Posted by: JB | Date: 06/22/06 12:17:51 AM]

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-273.16°C is not only the lowest temperature in nature, its the absolute lowest temperature there can be, thats why its called absolute zero.
Temperature is measured in movement of atoms and at slightly lower than -273.16°C they stop moving (or at 0K which would be the temperature of no atom-movement while 0°C is just the temperature when ice turns to liquid water).

However, this achievement at IBM has absolutely no effect on the computer industry because noone uses BJTs for their parts =)
[Posted by: 1234 | Date: 06/22/06 12:35:15 AM]
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4. 
-237.6°C should read -273.15 (i.e 0 Kelvin)
[Posted by: Gary | Date: 06/22/06 02:38:30 AM]

5. 
Good article except for spelling of Wednesday and temperature conversion from minus -237.6°C (-459.67° Fahrenheit), is -459.67° Fahrenheit = -273°C. And list minus with -.
Thanks
[Posted by: xit | Date: 06/22/06 04:38:58 AM]

6. 
This entire article was written with horrible grammar. Even the temperatures didn't make sense.
[Posted by: ned | Date: 06/22/06 08:38:22 AM]

7. 
Absolute zero is -273.6C, not 237.6C.
[Posted by: maciarc | Date: 06/22/06 09:51:23 PM]

8. 
Absolute aero(zero) is -273°C, should be more careful while writing this kind of aticles....
[Posted by: sm | Date: 06/22/06 10:12:12 PM]

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