Diamond Chips as Alternative to Silicon

John E Toughguy writes: "Cool article on the Chicago Tribune site describing Argonne National Laboratory senior scientist Dieter Gruen's use of buckyballs to create tiny (3 to 5 nanometers tiny) diamond crystals that may prove useful in microelectromechanical sytems."

Comments

$$$ Computer

[Arallok]

Good thing the diamonds are very small, otherwise computer price will sky rocket.

Hopefully jewelers won't design the sterling silver computer, or the 24 carat gold computer (perfect for renewing wedding vows!)

Re:Maybe this would drive diamond prices down

[Liquor]

Since these diamonds are only a few nanometers wide, they won't have much effect on jewelry costs.

Unless, of course, somebody produces a low cost and fashionable electron microscope so that they can be admired at a party :)

Re:Shades of Donaldson

[bari]

Yes, but you see, that was fiction...