Your trusted source

IBM and Samsung have announced a chip 'breakthrough' that has the potential to keep smartphone batteries charged for an entire week and extend the life of Moore's Law by a few more years, Daily Mail reports.

The chip features a new Vertical Transport Field Effect Transistors (VTFET) design, which lays transistors perpendicular to the surface of the chip, allowing a vertical current flow.

The vertical design is the key to transforming the semiconductor industry, as it could reduce energy usage by 85 percent.

Moore's Law is the premise that the number of transmitters in a chip doubles every two years, thus improving speed and capability.

This happens as a result of various technological improvements, such as the increase in the number of transistors that can fit inside a microchip.

But experts warned that existing chips were at risk of running out of space to hold the latest technology.

And with IBM's VTFET design, more transistors per square millimeter can be packed into the new chip.

The new chip, according to the firm, also highlights 'the critical role of investment in chip research and development and the importance of chips in everything from computing, to appliances, to communication devices, transportation systems, and critical infrastructure,' IBM shared in a press release.

IBM and Samsung also designed the new chip in hopes of easing its struggle with the global chip shortage that started once the world shut down because of the coronavirus.