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New State of Matter Could Extend Moore's Law

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-miss-the-original-three dept.

rennerik writes "Scientists at McGill University in Montreal say they've discovered a new state of matter that could help extend Moore's Law and allow for the fabrication of more tightly packed transistors, or a new kind of transistor altogether. The researchers call the new state of matter 'a quasi-three-dimensional electron crystal.' It was discovered using a device cooled to a temperature about 100 times colder than intergalactic space, following the application of the most powerful continuous magnetic field on Earth."

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  1. It came from... by Cylix · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    outer space!

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  2. ....Swell.... by mappemonde · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    SKYNET has been discovered. Need I say more?

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  3. Re:And this helps Moore's Law how? by scatteredsun · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    sounds like a p3n1s enlargement spam

  4. The Big Bang Theory by BorgAssimilator · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    As soon as I saw the title I thought of that one episode from The Big Bang Theory where they give a presentation on the new form of matter.

    Completely unrelated, I just thought it was funny.

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  5. Re:Hell Yeah! by Sebilrazen · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I really wish there was a phrase or saying, or this being /. a mod category that indicated that occasion when somebody goes one punchline too far, or tries "drafting" another punchline (for you car analogy loving NASCAR fans - all 1.36537987 of you). It's a sad occurrence and just makes me feel weird. Similar to Kip in Napoleon Dynamite, with the "Your mom goes college" shtick.

    I hereby dub this phenomenon and those who are guilty of it "Klingons." If they comeback and say Klingons were cool, inform them you mean ST:TOS Klingons, not Worf-like Klingons. Then laugh at them menacingly.

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  6. Re:And this helps Moore's Law how? by superdave80 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Don't let Microsoft get wind of this. They might make it a requirement for running Windows 7.