Lucent's New Chip Is Just One Molecule Thick

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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Re:Stephen King, author, dead at 55

[os2fan]

I suppose next year, you will change the title to "Stephen King, author, dead at 56" ?. Whatever you're on, it's a little long in the tooth.

quantum effects?

[Wantok]

one molecule thick?!

correct if i'm wrong, but it seems to me that this is venturing into the realms of quantum behaviour... where predictability, reliability, etc etc all fall in a heap.

without getting into the *advantages* of quantum scale computing - e.g. entanglement - isn't this creeping to the edge of the precipice?

(caveat - i am a total lay person with no serious technical knowledge of quantum effects)

Well duh...

[Sean Johnson]

This molecular self-assembling thing has been a valid and valuable concept for a few years now. So, some Yayhoo has been able to validly (and possibly repeatably) produce some actual(if not conceptual) results in which this established area of research benefits the field of microprocessors. I am more than sure that such conceptual and technological ramifications have been adequately explored in the past. "Big whoop!" I say. So what else is new in the world of News For Nerds? Case in point: so as to not redeem myself as a possible flamebait, I will concede that I have NOT actually read the article yet.