Researchers have fashioned the world’s smallest transistor out of a one-atom-thick layer of graphene that’s also less than 50 atoms wide. The minuscule graphene-based transistor may be the breakthrough that leads to faster microprocessors, ultimately replacing silicon, which becomes unstable at sizes ten times larger than graphene. A key element in the creation of faster computer processors is the ability to cram more and more transistors into a smaller and smaller footprint.
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Material Thin as an Atom Makes Tiniest Transistor
Posted by: Chris Maxcer March 2, 2007 07:49 AMResearchers have fashioned the world’s smallest transistor out of a one-atom-thick layer of graphene that’s also less than 50 atoms wide. The minuscule graphene-based transistor may be the breakthrough that leads to faster microprocessors, ultimately replacing silicon, which becomes unstable at sizes ten times larger than graphene. A key element in the creation of faster computer processors is the ability to cram more and more transistors into a smaller and smaller footprint.