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The trick to a more powerful computer chip? Going vertical.
Electrons typically flow through transistors in parallel to the chip surface, but what if the transistors were flipped sideways?
Meet Germanene, Graphene’s Newest 2-D Competitor
It's a single-atom-thick array of germanium atoms that could make for super fast transistors.
IBM Transistors Made Of Nanotubes Could Replace Silicon, In Ever-Tinier Computer Chips
Silicon can't keep up with our demand for smaller and faster chips, but IBM researchers may have found a way to continue accelerating chip performance with a whole new kind of transistor.
Swiss Scientists Program Mammalian Cells to Work As Logic Gates
A new biologic logic gate based on proteins can perform binary calculations, serving as the first “cellular calculator,” researchers say....
An Integrated Circuit Made of Ions Could Bring Computing Into Your Cells
The human body isn’t a metal machine, but it’s still plenty complicated, and regulating it like a machine is tough...
World’s Tiniest Possible Transistor Created Out of a Single Phosphorus Atom
The smallest transistor ever built — probably the smallest that can ever be built — uses a single phosphorus atom,...
A Tiny Transistor Hooks Up To Individual Proteins In Human Tears
Listening to lysozymes with one of the smallest transistors ever made
Proton Transistor Could Help Machines and Organisms Communicate
Human-machine interfaces are constantly improving, but our inability to fully integrate electronics into our bodies stems in part from the...
First Graphene-Based Integrated Circuit Is a Major Step Toward Graphene Computer Chips
IBM researchers have built the first integrated circuit based on graphene, a breakthrough the company says could herald a future...
