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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. And meanwhile here I am... by JoeShmoe · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    STILL waiting for FDM-ROM to hit the market...

    http://www.constellation3d.com

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  2. Could Somebody Please Tell Me... by CtrlPhreak · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    What's the difference between this story and the a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/17/ 1844217&mode=nested">one on the same page?

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  3. Fixed link.. by CtrlPhreak · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Link

    It's time to get a new keyboard when half your keys work half of the time. It's also time to goto bed when you're sloppy enough to click submit instead of preview. (either that or get some caffeine!)

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  4. Re:It doesn't matter how small the transistors get by dinotrac · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I stand (or sit) corrected.

  5. PARENT IS *NOT* THE REAL TEXT!!! by morcheeba · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It's been modified to sound like rubbish! Ha Ha, very funny. Moderators, you got duped!

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