""" Calculate electron drift speed and relate it to transistor switching (tick) rate for a modern GPU. Assume: We want to simulate 900 quintillion (9e20) transistor switches per second (B200 scale). """ # Physical constants ELEM_CHARGE = 1.602e-19 # Coulombs ELECTRON_MASS = 9.109e-31 # kg VACUUM_PERMITTIVITY = 8.854e-12 # F/m SILICON_MOBILITY = 0.14 # m^2/(V·s) (typical for electrons in Si at room temp) # Example parameters (can be tuned for realism) VOLTAGE = 0.7 # V (typical for advanced nodes) CHANNEL_LENGTH = 5e-9 # 5 nm process ELECTRIC_FIELD = VOLTAGE / CHANNEL_LENGTH # V/m SPEED_OF_LIGHT_VACUUM = 3e8 # m/s SILICON_REFRACTIVE_INDEX = 3.5 speed_of_light_silicon = SPEED_OF_LIGHT_VACUUM / SILICON_REFRACTIVE_INDEX # Calculate drift velocity (v = μE) drift_velocity = speed_of_light_silicon # m/s # Calculate time for electron to cross channel (t = L / v) transit_time = CHANNEL_LENGTH / drift_velocity # seconds # Calculate max theoretical switching frequency (f = 1 / t) max_switch_freq = 1 / transit_time # Hz # For 900 quintillion switches/sec, but with 600 billion transistors TARGET_SWITCHES_PER_SEC = 9e20 TRANSISTORS_ON_CHIP = 6e11 # 600 billion transistors_needed = TARGET_SWITCHES_PER_SEC / max_switch_freq required_switch_freq_per_transistor = TARGET_SWITCHES_PER_SEC / TRANSISTORS_ON_CHIP # Speed of light in silicon (approx 2/3 c) # --- NAND Flash Floating Gate Transistor Model --- class FloatingGateTransistor: def __init__(self, channel_length, drift_velocity): self.channel_length = channel_length self.drift_velocity = drift_velocity self.trapped_electrons = 0 # Number of electrons trapped self.state = 0 # 0 or 1, representing data def program(self, electrons): self.trapped_electrons += electrons self.state = 1 if self.trapped_electrons > 0 else 0 prog_time = self.channel_length / self.drift_velocity return prog_time def erase(self): self.trapped_electrons = 0 self.state = 0 erase_time = self.channel_length / self.drift_velocity return erase_time def read(self): return self.state if __name__ == "__main__": print(f"Electron drift velocity: {drift_velocity:.2e} m/s") print(f"Channel transit time: {transit_time:.2e} s") print(f"Max transistor switching frequency: {max_switch_freq:.2e} Hz") print(f"To achieve {TARGET_SWITCHES_PER_SEC:.1e} switches/sec:") print(f"- You'd need {transistors_needed:.2e} transistors switching at max speed in parallel.") print(f"- For a chip with 600B transistors, each must switch at {required_switch_freq_per_transistor:.2e} Hz.") print(f"- Electron drift speed: {drift_velocity:.2e} m/s vs. speed of light in silicon: {speed_of_light_silicon:.2e} m/s") print(f"- Electron drift is ~{(drift_velocity/speed_of_light_silicon)*100:.2f}% the speed of light in silicon (photon speed).") # NAND Flash Floating Gate Transistor Demo print("\n--- NAND Flash Floating Gate Transistor Demo ---") fgt = FloatingGateTransistor(CHANNEL_LENGTH, drift_velocity) electrons_to_trap = 1000 # Real-time trapping analysis (simulated) print("\nSimulating electron trapping in real time:") electrons_per_step = 100 total_steps = electrons_to_trap // electrons_per_step for step in range(1, total_steps + 1): prog_time = fgt.program(electrons_per_step) print(f"Step {step}: Trapped electrons = {fgt.trapped_electrons}, State = {fgt.read()}, Time for this step = {prog_time:.2e} s") # Final state after all electrons trapped print(f"Final: Trapped electrons = {fgt.trapped_electrons}, State = {fgt.read()}") erase_time = fgt.erase() print(f"Erasing: State = {fgt.read()}, Time = {erase_time:.2e} s") print(f"(Operation speed is limited by electron drift velocity: {drift_velocity:.2e} m/s)") print("Higher drift velocity = faster programming/erasing; lower drift velocity = slower data ops.") # --- SR, D, JK, T Flip-Flop Physics/Timing Summary --- print("\n--- Flip-Flop Types and Switching Physics ---") print("SR Flip-Flop: Set-Reset, basic memory, built from NAND/NOR gates.") print("D Flip-Flop: Data/Delay, synchronizes input to clock, used in registers.") print("JK Flip-Flop: Universal, toggles or sets/resets based on inputs.") print("T Flip-Flop: Toggle, divides clock, used in counters.") print("All flip-flops are built from logic gates, so their switching speed is limited by the gate delay (set by electron drift and channel length).\n") # Example: Calculate flip-flop switching time (assuming 4 gate delays per flip-flop) GATE_DELAY = transit_time # seconds, from above FF_GATE_COUNT = 4 # typical for basic flip-flop flip_flop_delay = FF_GATE_COUNT * GATE_DELAY flip_flop_max_freq = 1 / flip_flop_delay print(f"Estimated flip-flop delay: {flip_flop_delay:.2e} s (for {FF_GATE_COUNT} gates)") print(f"Max flip-flop switching frequency: {flip_flop_max_freq:.2e} Hz")