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Lucent's New Chip Is Just One Molecule Thick

Posted by timothy on from the thinner-than-ally dept.

lotusFlow writes: "According to this NYTimes article, Lucent has developed a chip with a layer of transistors that is one molecule thick. This development is considered a new tep above nanotech because "here you direct the molecules with self-assembly to go where you want them to go." Commercial applications of this technology are years in the making, of course."

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  1. Terrific. by DeadMeat+(TM) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Gotta wonder if they make it much smaller, if the Heisenberg Uncertainly Principle will start taking effect. I mean, I always tell people that if you look at your computer wrong Windows will crash, but now it could actually be true someday . . . :)

  2. "One Molecule Thick" by jcr · · Score: 4, Insightful


    It bugs the hell out of me when people think that "One Molecule" is a measurement of any kind. Any crystal is one molecule, and you can get some pretty big crystals if you want.

    -jcr

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    The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."