Comment Re:Not Holding My Breath (Score 1) 120
I'm not involved directly in any research using quantum dots/wells, so I don't feel I qualified to make that kind of prediction. However, the article shows the quantum dot the transistor was contained in, which looks like its an order of magnitude larger (70-80 atoms). It's one or two atoms out of 70 move, there isn't going to be nearly the change in properties compared to one or two in the seven that act as the gate. Computer components need to be able to last for years at or near room temperature, and I honestly can't see that happening for any structure at the 7 atom scale, ever. But I'm not a "nano" guy, so maybe these researchers know something I don't.