Sharp Unveils Glass Computer

thug writes "Moscow Times: Sharp Corp., Japan's largest maker of liquid crystal displays, unveiled a screen Tuesday with microprocessor circuitry applied directly onto the glass, enabling it to function like a computer. Shumpei Yamazaki, president of unlisted Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Ltd., Sharp's partner in the project, compared the challenge of putting processor circuitry on glass to "building a skyscraper on rubber." But he said glass offered several advantages over silicon, including lower temperatures for production, so that faster metal gates could be used for its transistors."

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Porous silicon

[Microsoft Research]

Perhaps scientists and engineers should consider porous silicon rather than glass (well, at least at this stage in the game [glass infancy]).

I remember recently reading about a new sensor based on porous silicon. Apparently, it has a unique metallization process that is very sensitive. Moreover, it uses less power and is, overall, cheaper to create and maintain.

There's a nice article at http://unisci.com/stories/20021/0313025.htm that touches on some of these issues. It should make for a good read, especially if you're not a total expert on silicon applications in engineering.

Now you'll SEE the logic bug,

[crovira]

Visible computing, all open-source right down to the electron traces.