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  • April 2008

    • World's Smallest Transistor Sets Path to Better Chips

      BBC  |  Apr 18, 08 2:27 PM CDT

      World's Smallest Transistor Sets Path to Better Chips

      (Newser) - Scientists in England have created the world’s smallest transistor, the BBC reports. At 1 atom thick and 10 atoms wide, it could be the key to creating microchips beyond the power of silicon. The transistor is made of graphene, a single layer of graphite and an excellent conductor of electricity. And unlike with silicon, the smaller a graphene transistor is, the faster it works. More »

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      computer  • electricity  • computer chip  • computer hardware  • silicon  • semiconductor  • transistor

  • March 2008

    • Etch-A-Sketch Newest Chip Design Tool

      MIT Technology Review  |  Mar 4, 08 11:57 AM CST

      Etch-A-Sketch Newest Chip Design Tool

      (Newser) - Imagine a computer chip that could literally have wires drawn onto it and erased like an etch-a-sketch. That’s what University of Pittsburgh researchers have been able to create, Technology Review reports. To demonstrate the technology, researchers drew the tip of an atomic force microscope across the chip like a pencil, leaving nano-sized, conductive wires in its wake. More »

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      computer chip  • semiconductor  • computer memory  • transistor

  • December 2007

    • Could the Silicon Chip Max Out?

      Associated Press  |  Dec 16, 07 10:23 AM CST

      Could the Silicon Chip Max Out?

      (Newser) - It’s been 60 years since three Bell Lab scientists invented the transistor, launching an electronics revolution that changed the way we live. Engineers have miniaturized the powerful on-off switches—eventually integrated onto silicon chips—about as far as they can. Now, companies are pouring billions of dollars into research aimed at finding other ways to speed up the devices, reports the AP. More »

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      Intel  • microprocessors  • transistor  • Moore's Law

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