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Cascading Molecules Drive IBM's Smallest Computer

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it's-around-here-somewhere dept.

Benoit Fries writes "EE Times reports that IBM researchers have created a simple computation engine that's more than 250,000 times smaller than the most advanced silicon circuitry. Called the world's smallest computer, the system relies on a 'molecular cascade' that pushes a handful of carbon monoxide molecules across a copper surface to perform digital logic functions. 'Even if CMOS density follows Moore's Law for 40 more years, molecular cascades are still going to be smaller,' they said."

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    finger pussy?

  2. Re:why small? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    not in terms of vaginas

  3. WOW! by pbranes · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!

  4. imagine by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    imagine a beowulf cluster full of those things!

  5. Re:Someone had to say it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    jonman you ass...talking about how lame a joke is before you tell it just ruins any hope the joke had of being funny. Someone else might have come along and made a really funny joke along the same lines, but you just ruined it for everyone.

    Someone had to say it allright, someone has to quick you in the nuts....asswipe. You know what would be unexpected, if you would shut the fuck up.

  6. Europe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You know the european cunts don't have enough brains do something this good. They're too busy hanging out in cafes and 'trying' to bash America.

    And forget about Canada. There is barely enough brain power in the entire country to build an igloo.