Showing posts with label computer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label computer. Show all posts

Monday, February 20, 2012

The Smallest Transistor

Physicists Create a Working Transistor From a Single Atom - NYTimes.com

Australian and American physicists have built a working transistor from a single phosphorus atom embedded in a silicon crystal.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Atomic Storage Nears

Smaller Magnetic Materials Push Boundaries of Nanotechnology - NYTimes.com

Researchers at I.B.M. have stored and retrieved digital 1s and 0s from an array of just 12 atoms, pushing the boundaries of the magnetic storage of information to the edge of what is possible...