European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 07, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Pentagon in forefront of new technology super chips infrared Matching the frequencies computer chips Are becoming increasingly Able to process the Complex in formation found in the frequencies of nature. These Are referred to in units known As Heru. Or cycles per second. Most challenging Are the higher reaches of the electromagnetic spectrum which abound in radio and radar Waves vibrating Many billions of times taster than the Wolvos generated by the human voice ultraviolet and beyond super hip ha/www1 of 1 television the Moat ambitious of All this very High Speed Pentagon Chip is to operate at 100 million Hertz when completed in about Flo years taking on a Bevy of sophisticated electronic lobs. To processing is at the cutting Edge of advances we we adj Superchi currently being produced this Chip is meant to operate at 25 million Hertz perform ing some signal processing Tor robotic bombs and electronic warfare Home computers Central processors in Moat Home computers today run at one or two million Hertz at Best. But an Apple ii runs at Only about 400,000 Hertz. Speed determines the complexity of tanks that can be tackled. To process radio signals insult. Neou Aly a computer Chip has to be Able to match the frequency o one million Hertz. Is of a huh Deuty Mimo High Fidelity which la Low on the frequency scale la now reproduced digitally with relative a a. Human voice ugh note the Tow end of the voice spectrum starts at about 50 Hertz increasing i02.0oo. Page 14 the stars and stripes by William j. Broad new York times quiet breakthrough in the Cread of Ultra powerful so Licone chips is propel the computer revolution into expansive new realms. Greater and greater Speed of computation has always been a goal of computer scientists but now they Are starting to build chips fast that the tiny devices can master complexities irregularities of nature that previously eluded them. For example computer technology had been too slow to get a grip on radio Waves. To do so these Speed of Light signals would have to be translated almost instantaneously into the digital pulses that. The language of computation. Now the first \ super chips Are being produced that can do that and More in general bringing the Power and Prevott of the digital revolution to Bear on what scent Mem signal processing. The defense science Board which advises the department of defense on matters of research in hailed the development of these chips As the Pentagon s single most important program for creating new technology surpassing even the Rad so evading stealth bomber or laser weapons they reason is that they Promise to Revou Tonto the Dell of tanks ships planes radios radars sonars. Satellites submarines missiles in tact a tarty everything that runs on Etc Chip breakthrough has been brought about a surge in capabilities of material scientists m the have Learned to manipulate molecules and up the Way other technicians use nuts and Bolt with those skills abetted by a nearly $1 by loner government funds the computer Chip is going from what was an incredible enough thousands Olja transistors on each tiny Square of so Licone to tent til millions of transistors. This country has adopted a military posture which we try to counter the numerical superiority our adversary with advanced technology Saltsg Maynard jr., director of the Pentagon s Superchi program. Given that posture we have to stay 0m forefront. That s what the program is All about 1 the Pentagon s quest for super chips to known a Vrsic pronounced vis Laan acronym for High Speed integrated circuits. Although the Pentagon is pioneering the technology aspect \ Are starting to appear in civilian markets As Satui
