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MIT's Hybrid Microchip To Overcome Silicon Size Barrier

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the keeping-up-with-the-moore's dept.

schliz writes "MIT researchers have successfully embedded a gallium nitride layer onto silicon to create a hybrid microchip. The method could be further developed to combine other technologies such as spintronics and optoelectronics on a silicon chip. It is expected to be commercialized in a couple of years, and allow manufacturers to keep up with Moore's Law despite today's shrinking devices."

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  1. Combine this with... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the Gaydar, http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/09/20/1753254/MIT-Project-Gaydar-Shakes-Privacy-Assumptions?art_pos=1 and you've got something.

  2. Coleslaw vs Mooreslaw by hitnrunrambler · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I've never eaten Mooreslaw but you can't beat a classic. Coleslaw is made of sweet cabbagey goodness, while Mooreslaw is made of silicon wafers; silicon does not taste or digest well.

    oh and about the chips (we call them "fries" in the US)... micro chips are a bad idea! Give me big starchy chunks of potato everytime.

    p.s. Is the article about the same thing the tags are about?

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