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Magnetic Processors - Computing's New Future?
metalcoat writes "For the first time researchers have created a working prototype of a radical new chip design based on magnetism instead of electrical transistors. As transistor-based microchips hit the limits of Moore's Law, a group of electrical engineers at the University of Notre Dame has fabricated a chip that uses nanoscale magnetic "islands" to juggle the ones and zeroes of binary code.
Wolfgang Perod and his colleagues turned to the process of magnetic patterning (.pdf) to produce a new chip that uses arrays of separate magnetic domains. Each island maintains its own magnetic field. Because the chip has no wires, its device density and processing power may eventually be much higher than transistor-based devices. And it won't be nearly as power-hungry, which will translate to less heat emission and a cooler future for portable hardware like laptops."
Have you considered that maybe he was going for Funny, not Insightful? Don't blame him for the moderators' stupidity.
When do we get to see diamond cpus?
Now that is a cool name.
autopr0n is like, down and stuff.
If not, I will. Step 1: Surf /. for cool sounding ideas that aren't patented and patent them.
Step 2: Wait for the cool sounding ideas to become all the rage.
Step 3: Turn to the darkside.
Step 4: Profit!
Someone save me from this sanity.
I submitted it too but I'm not bitter.
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Well, not that bitter. But there's no real reason to get upset about it. Unless you've got a job that pays bonuses based on Slashdot story submissions.