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Nano-sized Microchips? HP Says So.
ImaLamer writes: "A C|Net News story is reporting that HP has announced they have made breakthroughs that 'help turn out powerful computers that fit on the head of a pin with room to spare.' Also in the article, that the patent announced Wednesday, will produce no two chips that are the same. 'Each one will be customized for a particular function,' says Stanley Williams, the chemist on the team. The work was done by himself, Phil Kuekes, a computer architect, and James Heath, a UCLA professor. The chips use nanowires and the chips are said to be even less than the size of bacterium. Sounds cool enough. The biggest part of the breakthrough isn't the chips themselves, but that HP plans to be able to 'fix' chips which come out with imperfections, thus saving money on an already cheap process."
Or certain people get pissed off when I post responses like "JonKatz is an idiot" and "CmndrTaco, please stop posting this crap"
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Now, this is the kind of research that distinguishes great companies from mediocre ones. Research and Development, innovative technologies, a vision and an eye on the future, thinking long-term..... blah blah blah.
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