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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. why small? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    when BIGGER IS BETTER

  2. G to the OATSE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    CLAIM FAILED!
    ok

  3. Owww.... by Pig+Hogger · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Tiny pr0n!!!!

    1. Re:Owww.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Tiny pr0n++, but I'd rather see a beowulf cluster of these in the mouth of Natalie Portman!

    2. Re:Owww.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      look in your pants for a preview

    3. 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.

  4. carbon monoxide by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Smokers Rejoyce!

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

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

  6. AIX is dieing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    IBM is a shadow of its former self. People all over the globe are realizing that Aix not the robust OS everyone once thought it was. It is bug ridden and filled with bloat. We used to run it here but it was way too cryptic for the average admin to understand. iPlanet Directory did not give us the security and robustness of Active Directory. When I ordered all of the servers shutdown, I had our sales rep perform the final "shutdown -i0 -g0 -y" from a terminal window. As we watched the server shut itself down, we realized we were about to turn the corner to .NET and never look back. IBM is too little, too late!

  7. Re:CO in this application will be safe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So this is why octopuses (octopii???) are very sensitive to outboard-engine exhaust: their blood doesn't have hemoglobine, but the copper-based equivalent.

    Octopi are Vulcans?