Carbon Nanotube
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Intel to unveil nanotechnology plans
News The chipmaker will shed some light on its nanotechnology strategies next week at its developer conference.
U.S., Korean teams apply nanotech to memory chips
News Nanotechnology research in Korea and the U.S. may produce computer memory hundred of times denser in storage than present-day chips.
Carbon nanotechnologies companies merge
News Nanotubes and nanoballs. Patents for both are now united in one company.
Tags: Nanotechnology
Scientists use virus to help build battery
News Researchers have used a genetically-modified virus to assemble materials for an energy-efficient battery, which they say could be used in hybrid cars.
Tags: Components, Battery, Carbon Nanotube, Nanotube, carbon nanotube network, biology, Power supplies, surge suppression, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, virus, scientist
IBM's 35 atoms and the rise of nanotech
News Don Eigler moved a single atom two decades ago. Since then, he and IBM have taken new steps in pursuing a dream of compact, power-efficient computing.
Tags: Processors, IBM Corp., Nanotechnology, Electronics, Carbon Nanotube, Manufacturing, Atom, vision, knowledge, circuitry
Intel eyes nanotubes for future chips
News As processor innards shrink, carbon nanotubes could help chipmakers overcome a looming design challenge.
Tags: Processors
Nanotubes break semiconducting record
News Semiconducting carbon nanotubes are significantly better at conducting electricity at room temperature than any other known material, according to recent tests at the University of Maryland.
FAQ: Forty years of Moore's Law
News Gordon Moore's famous law has been around almost forever. Not bad for an idea he thought wouldn't last.
Tags: Processors
Motorola looks to nanotubes for displays
News Motorola is conducting research in a new type of large flat-panel display which they claim has the potential of being cheaper than plasma or LCD (liquid crystal display) screens.
Scientists team up for nanotube breakthrough
News Researchers at Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley have come up with a way to grow carbon nanotubes on silicon wafers and to test the nanotubes--two significant steps that could help pave the way for carbon chips.
Tags: Processors
Fujitsu Siemens eyes nanotech for chips
News With silicon being pushed to its limits, some see carbon nanotubes as the future of chips.
Tags: Nanotechnology
Self-healing artificial muscle can charge an iPhone
News Researchers at UCLA have developed an energy-generating muscle made of carbon nanotubes.
Tags: Nanotechnology, Smart phones
Reinventing the lightbulb, with nanotubes
News Researchers create a prototype bulb with a carbon nanotube in place of the standard tungsten filament. It uses less power, burns brighter and could lead to the first major overhaul in bulb design in a century.
Tags: Processors, Nanotechnology
Nanotube RAM prototype built
News The first 10Gb nanotechnology memory (NRAM) device has been built. It could replace DRAM, flash memory and hard disks in a wide variety of digital devices including PCs, phones and MP3 players.
IBM chips bulk up on carbon nanotubes
News Researchers at Big Blue have created transistors out of carbon nanotubes that can outperform similar silicon transistors--paving the way for future computers to run on a new element.
