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Graphene May be the New Silicon
esocid writes to share that University of Maryland physicists have demonstrated that the material of the future may be graphene rather than silicon. Electricity conduction through graphene is about 100 times greater than that of silicon and could offer many improvements to things like computer chips and biochemical sensors. "Graphene, a single-atom-thick sheet of graphite, is a new material which combines aspects of semiconductors and metals. [...] A team of researchers led by physics professor Michael S. Fuhrer of the university's Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials, and the Maryland NanoCenter said the findings are the first measurement of the effect of thermal vibrations on the conduction of electrons in graphene, and show that thermal vibrations have an extraordinarily small effect on the electrons in graphene."
He must get "Herr Fuhrer" jokes all fricking day
I, for one, welcome our new carbon based overlords :-)
Seriously, however, I don't expect to see a CPU based on this anytime soon.
Ian Ameline
I think you mean silicone.
The "e" is very important. (As the raver said to the priest).
So, when do I get my 360 GHz sixteen core processor?
The Sony Playstation 36, Holodeck Edition.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
Do it yourself, because no one else will do it yourself. [beta blockade 10-17 Feb]
It would have been a lot funnier to have said 'graphite' there.
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
Yeah, like you know how real breasts feel.
I will physically reach out and strangle the first person to make a joke relating 100GHz to the system requirements of Windows...
16-core processor?
You must be extremely conservative...
I'm waiting for my one MegaCore processor with 1,048,576 cores, while mocking the market-war with MegiCore processors who only have 1,000,000 cores, but perform better at rendering realistic 3D models of females.
I think we can keep recursing like this until someone returns 1
"Something new and nifty and important has been discovered! But it's too complicated to explain it to you, so we'll spare you the boring, complicated details."
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I'm so tempted by the idea of seeing a pair of disembodied hands lunging through my screen, but I'd better not risk it...
Besides, rendering the holotextures required to accurately represent the shape and movement of disembodied hands is no small task. In fact, it's so difficult that it will not be supported until Windows 17 (aka 'Fettershorn') is released. Never mind the fact that the requirements for that edition are so steep that it'd requi... hold on a sec, someone's at the door...