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Branched Nanotubes Offer Smaller Transistors

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it's-a-good-size dept.

Designadrug writes "Tiny tubes of carbon, crafted into the shape of a Y, could revolutionize the computer industry, suggests new research. The work has shown that Y-shaped carbon nanotubes are easily made and act as remarkably efficient electronic transistors - but the nanotransistors are just a few hundred millionths of a meter in size -roughly 100 times smaller than the components used in today's microprocessors."

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  1. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    awesome! first post!

  2. Re:In other news... by Signal_Noise · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No.

  3. Re:Old News by fbjon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes, and electricity has been flowing in complex formations in the atmosphere for a million years. It hasn't been useful until recently though.

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  4. Re:Nothing for you to see here. Please move along. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey trailer trash, the AC Crusher is back to say:

    Why don't you play hide and go fuck yourself?

    Guess the trailer just got too small for you and you decide to get on that thar enernet.

    Fucking douche bag. What, you got penis envy or something, hill-billy?