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Intel Experimenting With Nanotubes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the tuuuubes dept.

illeism writes "C|Net is reporting on Intel's experimentation with nanotubes in processors. From the article: 'The chip giant has managed to create prototype interconnects — microscopic metallic wires inside of chips that link transistors ... Carbon nanotubes ... conduct electricity far better than metals. In fact, nanotubes exhibit what's called ballistic conductivity, which means that electrons are not scattered or impeded by obstacles.'"

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  1. When nanotubes get backed up... by FractalZone · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Does Ted Stevens provide plumbing service for Intel nanoproducts? He's the tube expert! He must know all about these exotic nanotube thingies...

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  2. The tubes jokes.... by DittoBox · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I'll get mod'd down for this, but I don't care, it has to be said.

    Is it just me or are these tubes jokes just getting old and stale? They were funny for the first few months, but now they're just predictable.

    Stop mod'ing them as funny, they aren't anymore. There's very little humor value in a 3 month old joke, that gets told -invariably- everyday, on at least one story. Ted Stevens is a tool. His explanation was stupid, but it wasn't that funny...at least not this long after he'd made it.

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  3. Ted Stevens, redux by d_jedi · · Score: 1, Redundant

    A processor is not something you just dump something on. It's not a big truck. It's a series of (nano)tubes! And if you don't understand that these tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your program in, it gets in line and it's going to be delayed by any process that puts into that tube enormous amounts of instructions, enormous amounts of instructions.

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