If I understand it right, they just randomly deposit stuff and then remove the things that aren't in the right place. Anyone can reach 100% yield if they are willing to measure after binning.
I believe there's a reduction in size, and an increase in frequency that's theorized. This is the first step in realizing it. The manufacturing is in its early stages, so this was the best they could do *for now* with the processes they had. That's why they chose to only use the specific gates that worked well with the limited ability they had to actually make the desired result.
And as long as you get the desired output, does it really matter? The example given in the article is:
Silicon can be doped to make useful semiconductors. Silicon oxide is a good insulator. With these we can make circuits, but it has taken half a century to get this far.
Carbon can be a super resistor, a resistor, a semiconductor, a conductor, and probably a superconductor without any other element, just by changing the bonds. If we could arrange the bonds just as we wanted them, we could have a mole of bytes in a few hundreds of grams of carbon. We might be able to trap flux quanta in pi orbital rings. Al
If I understand it right, they just randomly deposit stuff and then remove the things that aren't in the right place. Anyone can reach 100% yield if they are willing to measure after binning.
Carbon nano tubes can be made superconducting, so this could be great to use in huge data centres. A long way to go, but a great start!
I believe there's a reduction in size, and an increase in frequency that's theorized. This is the first step in realizing it. The manufacturing is in its early stages, so this was the best they could do *for now* with the processes they had.
That's why they chose to only use the specific gates that worked well with the limited ability they had to actually make the desired result.
And as long as you get the desired output, does it really matter?
The example given in the article is:
It might be possible to add
Runs cooler? More energy efficient?
It's a new carbon sequestering scheme. Take carbon out of the air, and put it into carbon nanotube processors.
Definitely worth an IgNobel.
Silicon can be doped to make useful semiconductors. Silicon oxide is a good insulator. With these we can make circuits, but it has taken half a century to get this far.
Carbon can be a super resistor, a resistor, a semiconductor, a conductor, and probably a superconductor without any other element, just by changing the bonds. If we could arrange the bonds just as we wanted them, we could have a mole of bytes in a few hundreds of grams of carbon. We might be able to trap flux quanta in pi orbital rings. Al