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IBM Builds Nanotube Chip
Red Herring ^ | 3/23/06

Posted on 03/24/2006 1:36:37 AM PST by Straight Vermonter

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To: zeugma

:-)


41 posted on 03/24/2006 11:03:03 AM PST by RadioAstronomer (Senior member of Darwin Central)
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To: FOG724
They had a heat sink that would freeze the components it was so cold. It was interesting to watch.

WOW!

42 posted on 03/24/2006 11:03:40 AM PST by RadioAstronomer (Senior member of Darwin Central)
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To: truemiester

Welcome aboard!


43 posted on 03/24/2006 11:18:18 AM PST by AntiGuv (™)
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To: Straight Vermonter

"It also is super small. A nanometer is a billionth of a meter, and a carbon nanotube is 50,000 times thinner than a human hair."

Now, where did I put those 20,000 transistors? They were right here a second ago.


44 posted on 03/24/2006 12:14:39 PM PST by strategofr (Hillary stole 1000+ secret FBI files on DC movers & shakers, Hillary's Secret War, Poe, p. xiv)
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To: RadioAstronomer

"Actually, we are reaching the limitation of silicone technology as we us it today.

Not quite yet. :-) 45 nm is on the way."

How long have we heard the "reaching the limits of silicon technology" line? 15 years, 20 years?


45 posted on 03/24/2006 2:11:04 PM PST by strategofr (Hillary stole 1000+ secret FBI files on DC movers & shakers, Hillary's Secret War, Poe, p. xiv)
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To: Still Thinking
Get a look at someone with a Blue-tooth earphone on, and then visit a Star Trek Next Generation site and look at the Borg implants. It is kind of scary!
46 posted on 03/24/2006 5:15:55 PM PST by SubMareener (Become a monthly donor! Free FreeRepublic.com from Quarterly FReepathons!)
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