[Hoffer Rand]

Next libs will be decrying our computers for leaving itty bitty carbon footprints all over the internet!

[RightWhale]

Great! That gives us another five years before we hit the limits of computing speed.

[Centurion2000]

nice.

[newheart]

"graphene is an infinitely large aromatic molecule"

Cool. Smell-O-Vision coming soon to a laptop near you. ;-)

[Izzy Dunne]

an atomic-scale chicken wire

Finally, they can be contained!

[BenLurkin]

Book mark to read after work — to see if this means another pending breakthrough in chip speed or storage capacity.

[Bobalu]

I think the article has an error...

This is about 35 percent less than the resistivity of copper, the lowest resistivity material known at room temperature.

I believe this is instead true

Pure silver has the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of all metals, and possesses the lowest contact resistance.

Silver is the lowest resistance conductor at room temp.... a bit expensive for wiring a house though.
This is why silver wire is used in place of copper in the small coils used to create massive magnetic pulses when large value capacitors are dumped into them.

[Yossarian]

I have to read and process this further...

I'm a chip integration engineer - the guy responsible for gluing all the blocks of the chip together with power, clock, and signal wiring. I'd certainly like to see if this material can be grown on top of SiO2, patterned, and have inter-layer vias connected to it. And see how much current it can carry before breaking down.

[ShadowAce]

[martin_fierro]

“But will it run Vista?”™

[roaddog727]

Bump.

Next on the agenda: Terahurtz processors..

We’re computin’ now, baby!

[SunkenCiv]

There’s an article in the new “Scientific American” about graphene.

IBM Scientists “Quiet” Unruly Electrons in Atomic Layers of Graphite
Marketwatch | March 6, 2008 | Michael Loughran IBM
Posted on 03/06/2008 9:02:41 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1981391/posts

Getting more from Moore’s Law
BBC News | Tuesday, November 13, 2007 | Jonathan Fildes
Posted on 12/06/2007 10:57:44 AM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1935727/posts

The Charge of the Ultra - Capacitors (Sexy capacitor pics!)
Spectrum / IEEE | Nov 2007 | Joel Schindall
Posted on 11/05/2007 12:14:01 PM PST by Uncledave
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1921279/posts

It’s Super Paper!
ScienceNOW Daily News | 25 July 2007 | Phil Berardelli
Posted on 07/28/2007 3:47:54 AM EDT by neverdem
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1872836/posts