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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. Re:Pfft.... by nebenfun · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    DAMN!
    did slashdot already repost that?
    I must have blinked.
    nbfn

  2. Re:Owww.... by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    What the fuck is wrong with the moderators today? Jesus christ! This is what I posted:
    Tiny pr0n!!!!
    And this is the totally phuked-up/brain-dead moderation I got: Moderation Totals: Offtopic=2, Flamebait=1, Troll=1, Funny=2, Overrated=1, Total=7.
    Off-topix? okay; Flamebait? Troll? what the fuck???; Funny? okay; Overrated? maybe.

    Check the original post and see for yourself.