New research shows how to control the growth of graphene deposits on an indium substrate. The graphene deposits concentricaly, forming tiny domes, the size of which researchers could control.
Posted on 10/12/2009 9:18:44 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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New research shows how to control the growth of graphene deposits on an indium substrate. The graphene deposits concentricaly, forming tiny domes, the size of which researchers could control.
The research could help to enable mass-produced graphene circuits. (Source: Alan Stonebraker)
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Graphene is one of the most promising materials for upcoming generations of tiny computer circuits. A sheet of carbon a mere atom thick, the material provides good conduction, flexibility, and other desirable material parameters. Its use could enable faster, smaller, and lower power circuits. One problem, though, has been that growing graphene growth can be slow or inconsistent -- in other words, the material is ready for the electronics spotlight, but its production techniques aren't.
A significant technical discovery could help to change that.
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Very nice indeed
What will this do for Moore’s Law?
What will this do for Moore’s Law?
IMHO Moore's Law actually relates to the elasticity of demand for computer circuitry. That is, Moore's Law holds not because circuitry naturally keeps getting cheaper but because there is so much demand for cheap circuitry that you can make money by doubling and redoubling the capacity of a computer chip.The cost of production of anything drops by about 25% when you produce more of that thing than has previously been produced in previous history. There is so much elasticity of demand that if you spend the R&D money to enable you to cut the price by the 25%, you will sell double the number of transistors and recoup your R&D bucks profitably (and if you don't do the R&D, someone else will - and you will be out of the chip business).
A nice analysis, thanks. I always like to see the speed of chips expand, as well as the efficiency of other and related technology.
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