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Single-Atom Transistor

Posted by timothy on from the nano-nano dept.

Acid-F1ux writes: "Using a single cobalt atom as a switch, a research team at Cornell University has demonstrated a working transistor only 1.3 nanometers in length. Silicon transistors today are generally more than 100 nm long." We posted a slightly more general article about nanotransistors recently, too; this one concentrates on the Cornell researchers.

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  1. I bought one. by bcrowell · · Score: 2, Funny
    The article doesn't mention that these are actually available commercially now. I ordered one to try out, and it's sitting here on my desk right now.

    Oh...

    Wait, where did I put it?

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