New transistors: An alternative to silicon and better than graphene (molybdenite)

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne ^ | January 30, 2011 | Unknown

[NittanyLion]

My capitalist, all-American point is that you pay for what you do.

I wish that was all I paid for; my tax bill would be 1/20th of its current size. Instead, I'm stuck paying for what millions of other incompetent, greedy or lazy people did or didn't "do".

[Uri’el-2012]

There is a shortage of Molybdenum, as referenced in this article from 2009

Climax, Colorado

The Climax mine, located in Climax, Colorado, United States, was a major molybdenum mine in Lake and Summit counties, Colorado. In its heyday, the Climax mine was the largest molybdenum mine in the world, and for many years it supplied three-fourths of the world's supply of the metal. The mine is currently (2010) inactive, but may reopen when the economy recovers

[bigbob]

“transistors that consume 100,000 times less energy”

Well there you go. Greenistors.

[Koracan]

..the brain should be able to do about 10 exp12 to 10 exp14 operations per second ...other estimates 10 exp16 synapse operations per second...

...new Supercomputer Can Do 50 Trillion Operations (10 exp12) Per Second...

It seems we are getting there slowly.

[hosepipe]

[ They proposed opening a mine at the Mysty Fjords area of Alaska, but it was in conflict with Wilderness values. ]

Wilderness values is Utopian nonsense.. democrat double-talk.. progressive propaganda.

[bmwcyle]

ping

[decimon]

“transistors that consume 100,000 times less energy”

Well there you go. Greenistors.

Less energy consumed should mean less heat produced. When reading about Intel's and AMD's new architectures, I read that large server operations are, if you will, hot for those architectures for their consuming less electricity and producing less heat.

[rellimpank]

—the milling part of the operation is being rebuilt and they are advertising for miners-—if I wasn’t seventy I’d go back in a minute—worked there 17 years-—

[Uri’el-2012]

—the milling part of the operation is being rebuilt and they are advertising for miners-—if I wasn’t seventy I’d go back in a minute—worked there 17 years-—

Did or do you know Harry Smith of BV ?

[rellimpank]

—name is familiar—I left in 1977 before the bust-—

[NoLibZone]

This is a press release.

I am still waiting for the various Algea to gasoline press releases to make any impact.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks decimon. I’m just glad it wasn’t another graphene topic. ;’)

[decimon]

Thanks decimon. I’m just glad it wasn’t another graphene topic. ;’)

Yeah, that graphene sex and violence is getting out of hand.

[backwoods-engineer]

Very cool; thanks for posting. I need some MoS₂ FETs to try out!

[backwoods-engineer]

the 1.8 volt band-gap the article cites would potentially be a fairly big deal. Silicon is .6 - .7 volts.

It sure would be cool to have a bandgap reference made out of MoS₂. You could have a stable, temperature-proportional voltage reference without current mirrors which add noise.

[SunkenCiv]

Some folks probably missed 'em, so...

• Nobel Prize for physics goes to Manchester University scientists (for creating Graphene)
• Graphene Under Strain Creates Gigantic Pseudo-Magnetic Fields
• Graphene is Next
• Weird "Particles" Spotted in Hot New Material
• Tough material, 1 atom thick, has scientists abuzz
• MIT Graphene Multiplier May Push CPUs to 1,000 GHz
• UC San Diego Physicists Reveal Secrets of Newest Form of Carbon
• Graphene has record-breaking strength
• Graphene Used To Create World's Smallest Transistor
• Nano switch hints at future chips
• Graphene Gazing Gives Glimpse Of Foundations Of Universe
• Physicists show electrons can travel over 100 times faster in graphene than in silicon
• IBM Scientists "Quiet" Unruly Electrons in Atomic Layers of Graphite
• Getting more from Moore's Law
• The Charge of the Ultra - Capacitors (Sexy capacitor pics!)
• It's Super Paper!
• Scientists slice graphite into atom-thick sheets

[Bellflower]

Wilderness values is Utopian nonsense.. democrat double-talk.. progressive propaganda.

But a true Conservative is intelligent and principled enough to both mine and preserve the environment, (i.e. resoil, replant, and effectively remove toxic waste). A good Conservative is conservative with the environment. We ARE the champions!

[hosepipe]

[ But a true Conservative is intelligent and principled enough to both mine and preserve the environment ]

A true conservative is not conservative but a radical..
They want radical change in Washington D.C. not conservative change..

The word conservative was invented by progressives to highlight their enemies..

Conservatives (that use this word) have been brain washed by liberal progressives..
And most are ignorant of this or deny it..

People “you know”..... LIKE YOU..