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Transistor one atom wide
Sydney Morning Herald ^
| June 14 2002
Posted on 06/13/2002 8:00:35 AM PDT by dead
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To: Lazamataz
Coming soon.....human brain co-processors? oooooooo-EEEEEEE-ooooooo
To: Lazamataz
So long as it had video RAM with only one byte. Surely you'll want your one pixel to be capable of more than 256 colors. Whay not splurge and get the 3 byte model, for full 24-bit color...
To: general_re
"Whay"? Uh-huh.
To: Post Toasties
That was a text rendition of a theremin effect, for anybody who was wondering.
To: dead
Many scientists believe transistors cannot get any smaller than one atom in size, which means new technologies would have to be invented for Moore's Law to stay relevant.Infinitely big and infinitely small…
At one time scientist believed the atom was the smallest particle, the end of the line, then someone discovered it was only the beginning, they even ran out of names and began calling’em glue balls and eventually had to give them flavors like vanilla glue balls.
Technology will continue to advance by leaps and bounds in due time people will be laughing at the notion that scientists believe transistors cannot get any smaller than one atom in size.
TMMT
To: Post Toasties
Now I'm imagining "Good Vibrations" playing underneath your posts. It doesn't fit.
To: dead
Downside: this thing is really easy to lose...
To: general_re; Lazamataz
Surely you'll want your one pixel to be capable of more than 256 colors.
Whay not splurge and get the 3 byte model, for full 24-bit color...Well heck, if money's no object, you might as well toss in an axtra byte for the audio so Laz can enjoy a true multimedia experience.
To: Lazamataz
I want a computer so small it only has one key on the keyboard. They have one. It's called a "telegraph."
To: dead
When they come up with a transistor as small as Barbra Streisand's brain, I will be impressed.
To: Willie Green; general_re; Lazamataz
Ooooops! "axtra" = "extra"
(You know, you might be on to something, Laz...
that would never have happened with only one key!)
To: dead
Dr. Frankinstein didn't have to use no steenking transistors to do the job. He used graveyard DNA and a lot of sewing thread plus a 50 jigawatt jolt to create a walking computer.
To: Post Toasties
It appears that the narrowest part of this transistor is one atom wide. The article doesn't say how wide the whole transistor is. It's one atom wide, but it's 485 feet long.
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To: Common Tator
Actually, some scientists are working on computers that use light for circuits. Less resistance, less heat, increased processing power. Interesting stuff indeed.
then there are those quantum computers...
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06/13/2002 10:59:30 AM PDT
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rudypoot
To: Lazamataz
I want a computer so small it only has one key on the keyboard. If it runs a Windows OS you'll need at least 3 -- Ctrl, Alt and Del.
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To: dead
That will be nice. I get so tired carrying around my laptop with all those 128 atom switches.
To: ReadMyMind
News Update: Richard Cranium, professor at Cornell, recently explained how the one atom wide transistor was lost. "We had grabbed onto the pyridine handle with our tweezers, taken a few steps across the room, and the damn things bent. Must have been pot-metal chinese crap. No more shopping at Wal-Mart for us. Damn. Excuse me, I have to vacuum up in hopes of finding it."
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06/13/2002 11:29:22 AM PDT
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Imnidiot
To: dead
And how do you use this tiny transistor in manufacturing? What tool do you use to pick and place it?
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