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IBM Builds Nanotube Chip
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| 3/23/06
Posted on 03/24/2006 1:36:37 AM PST by Straight Vermonter
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To: zeugma
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posted on
03/24/2006 11:03:03 AM PST
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior member of Darwin Central)
To: FOG724
They had a heat sink that would freeze the components it was so cold. It was interesting to watch.WOW!
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posted on
03/24/2006 11:03:40 AM PST
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior member of Darwin Central)
To: truemiester
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posted on
03/24/2006 11:18:18 AM PST
by
AntiGuv
(™)
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.
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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)
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?
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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)
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!
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03/24/2006 5:15:55 PM PST
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