Graphene May be the New Silicon 115
esocid writes to share that University of Maryland physicists have demonstrated that the material of the future may be graphene rather than silicon. Electricity conduction through graphene is about 100 times greater than that of silicon and could offer many improvements to things like computer chips and biochemical sensors. "Graphene, a single-atom-thick sheet of graphite, is a new material which combines aspects of semiconductors and metals. [...] A team of researchers led by physics professor Michael S. Fuhrer of the university's Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials, and the Maryland NanoCenter said the findings are the first measurement of the effect of thermal vibrations on the conduction of electrons in graphene, and show that thermal vibrations have an extraordinarily small effect on the electrons in graphene."
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I, for one... (Score:3, Funny)
Seriously, however, I don't expect to see a CPU based on this anytime soon.
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I think you mean silicone.
The "e" is very important. (As the raver said to the priest).
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The Sony Playstation 36, Holodeck Edition.
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Is it actually possible to Godwin a thread about microprocessor engineering?
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I will physically reach out and strangle the first person to make a joke relating 100GHz to the system requirements of Windows...
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You must be extremely conservative...
I'm waiting for my one MegaCore processor with 1,048,576 cores, while mocking the market-war with MegiCore processors who only have 1,000,000 cores, but perform better at rendering realistic 3D models of females.
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