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Nanotechnology To Replace Conventional CMOS

Posted by timothy on from the until-there's-an-ipod-nano dept.

neutron_p writes "There is a lot of hype around nanotechnology these days, but some things are going to work in a near future anyway. IMEC announced a program aimed at seeking alternatives to the current CMOS manufacturing technologies using nanotechnologies. IMEC will investigate the use of semiconducting wires, carbon nanotubes and spintronics or electron spin." (IMEC describes itself as "Europe's leading independent research center" in the fields of microelectronics and nanotechnology.)

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  1. So... by Brandon+One · · Score: 5, Funny

    Size really does matter afterall. Who knew?

  2. Yooohooo!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Nanotechnology To Replace Conventional CMOS

    Yeaah! Finally!! Cant wait get rid of em Chief Marketing Officers, and their whole stupid feature creating, shrinking deadline mandating ilk...

    OH wait.. dang.. its CMOS, not CMOs.. oh well, cant hurt to dream on does it...

  3. IMEC gave me nightmares by Gauss'+Law · · Score: 1, Funny

    I was at IMEC last month during a conference (ESSCIRC, held in Leuven, Belgium) and I really thought that they had an excellent group of people with great research topics (cubic centimeter sensor nodes, new embedded RAM, nano-fab, etc). That is until I saw a director PICK HIS NOSE AND THEN SUCK HIS FINGER DRY!! When are scientists going to start researching social skills?