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IBM Creates Ring Oscillator on a Single Nanotube

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the mini-milestones dept.

deeptrace writes "IBM has combined CMOS circuitry and a single carbon nanotube to implement a 5 stage ring oscillator. Even though the oscillator runs at just 52 MHz, they expect that it could reach the GHz range with improvements. The frequency of the current oscillator was higher than previous circuits using multiple nanotubes. IBM describes the achievement in the paper "Integrated Logic Circuit Assembled on a Single Carbon Nanotube" to be published this week in the journal Science."

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  1. Imprevements by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You know what could use some imprevements? (I think you do.)

    1. Re:Imprevements by Draconix · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      The Dvorak keyboard layout?

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  2. What we have here is capitalism at its best. by O'Laochdha · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    IBM is motivated by pure profit, and they did this for just that reason. And for the reason of pure profit, IBM has advanced the course of science. That's the idea of capitalism; people work harder when their purpose is more tangible than the good of mankind's collective knowledge.

    Of course, there is the danger of this becoming "capitalism at its worst," i.e., patented...

  3. Re:Microsoft Innovates Too! by NutscrapeSucks · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'm sick of this pro-Micro$hit crap. Every Slashdotter knows that IBM Lotus Notes is the best mail client ever made, and therefore IBM dominates all software. You got a problem with IBM? Try to argue with the awesome functionality of Lotus Notes, and enjoy the smackdown, bitches.

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