IBM Is Using Tiny Tubes to Grow the Chips of the Future

lotuseclat79 · Nov 14, 2016

IBM Is Using Tiny Tubes to Grow the Chips of the Future

The reign of silicon may be coming to an end. For years, researchers and entrepreneurs hoped that carbon nanotubes would revolutionize microchip design. These tiny, molecular-level structures could, in theory, be used to make chips that are six to ten times faster than today’s silicon-based variety—and use far less electricity.

In addition to faster, more efficient chips for laptops and smartphones, tiny but powerful processors could enable new types of technology, such as bendable computers and injectable microchips, or nano-machines that could target cancers in the body.

Now a team of IBM researchers say they’ve made a breakthrough that brings the nano-dreams of the past closer to reality.
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