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Nanotech in Microchips by 2015

dotwhynot writes "Molecular electronics, a realm once considered science fiction, could be heading for our computers and devices sooner than thought. A new report on the technology roadmap of the chip industry finds a growing confidence in new nanotechnology, and forecasts that the transition to the post-silicon era could happen by 2015. The development of nanoswitches has already reached a point where it will be possible to manufacture them reliably at low cost. Intels goal over the next decade is to build chips that hold more than one trillion switches."

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  1. Still waiting!! by Markvs · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Huh. I'm still waiting for the "paperless office by 1985" and for my flying car... after all, 50% of all cars were to fly by 1990.

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