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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 |
I’m pretty sure that the days of the silicon chips are numbered, whereby with consumers craving for more processing power inside smaller micro-processing chips, silicon chips just can’t keep up with the processing demands. Basically, electrons that flow inside silicon chips will encounter more resistance, which practically limits the processing speeds of the chip. Carbon on the other hand, has a special property that allows electrons to flow almost weightlessly and freely, whereby tests have shown that electrons inside carbon materials can travel up to 0.003 times the speed of light. However, carbon-based processors are harder to manufacture, which increases the overall manufacturing cost.
Apparently, two researchers from the University of Science and Technology in South Korea have created a more versatile silicon chip, whereby they have ingeniously added a thin layer of lead on top of the silicon chip, which lowers the electron mass, and increasing its overall speed. Surely, I don’t think that the general public might approve the usage of lead, as such material causes various health complications.
Perhaps silicon isn’t fading into history after all?
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