Posted on 06/10/2011 2:05:02 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Link and headline only
fyio
First step towards building super robots to which we can transfer our consciousness?
I can stop eating cruciferous vegetables?
I.B.M. Researchers Create High-Speed Graphene Circuit
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I.B.M. researchers said Thursday that they had designed high-speed circuits from graphene, an ultra-thin material that has a host of promising applications, from high-bandwidth communication to a new generation of low-cost smartphone and television displays.
The I.B.M. advance, which the researchers reported in the journal Science, is a circuit known as a broadband frequency mixer that was built on a wafer of silicon. Widely used in all kinds of communications products, the circuits shift signals from one frequency to another.
In the Science paper, the I.B.M. researchers describe a demonstration in which they deposited several layers of graphene on a silicon wafer, then created circuits based on graphene transistors and components known as inductors. They demonstrated frequency mixing up to speeds of 10 gigahertz.
In the past I.B.M. has created stand-alone graphene transistors, but not complete electronic circuits.
bttt
That will be great comfort when my cell phone drops out 5 times in my two mile drive to and from work.
Oh, man. My VisiCalc recalcs are gonna fly. BTT.
Holy cow ping. Just imagine the possibilities.
Yes, I’ll be able to download a movie in 27 minutes, as opposed to the usual 30 minutes.
Will it run OS2 and Lotus?
I just spit beer on myself ... LOL!!!
I remember those days... Warp !! The superior PC OS!!!
... and nobody cared....
One time ping FR’s Interest in Graphene Section (FRIGS). :’)
I’m sure we shall be hearing a lot more about this budding technology in the years to come.
This technology is developing very fast, and it’s going to revolutionize everything electronic.
Maybe now they will make a toaster that is consistent. ;-)
My toaster is inconsistent!
OMGoodness! You too? At least I’m not the only one. ;-)
Actually, I’ve only had one toaster “with a brain,” and it was the most inconsistent one I ever owned. I got a cheapie a couple of years ago, and it’s working just fine.
We’ll have great toasters, but no bread.
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