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Progress Toward Single Molecule Transistors

Posted by michael on from the these-have-smaller-still-to-bite-'em dept.

Fungii writes "There is an amazing story over at sciencedaily.com saying two research teams have managed to create single molecule transistors, looks like we don't have to worry about limitations on feature sizes for a while."

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  1. And You Thought... by Myriad · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Hand soldering SMT's was a bitch!

    --
    "They do not preach that their god will rouse them, a little before the Nuts work loose." Kipling, 'The Sons of Martha'
    1. Re:And You Thought... by PacoTaco · · Score: 5, Funny

      Now someone will need to invent the "soldering ion."

  2. The bad news: by RyanFenton · · Score: 5, Funny

    The molecules involved in making the transistors, metal vanadium, are individually the size of golf balls.

    ;^)

    Ryan Fenton