[Steely Tom]

Many metal oxides are insulators.

Hence, "Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor" transistor, or MOSFET. First proposed in 1925, according to Wikipedia. The computer you're reading this on wouldn't be possible without them.

[Twotone]

Oregon ping...

[toast]

Sounds like a leaky capacitor.

[Dallas59]

Rare metals...We’ll have to ask the Chinese.

[antiRepublicrat]

OSU scientists and engineers describe use of an "amorphous metal contact"

Another use of Liquid Metal's Vitreloy alloy? And Apple just bought exclusive rights for its use in consumer electronics.

[bunkerhill7]

This sounds like a double tunnel diode gelly sandwich?

The electron morphs its way through from one terminal to the other:

i.e. A Morphing Terminalator

[Salvation]

You mean Oregonians have brains? Excepting FReepers, of course.

[Salvation]

 

OREGON PING!

 

If you aren't on this ping list and are interested

in articles about Oregon, please FReepmail me.

[Cold Heart]

China now has the “fastest Computer” in the world.

Hopefully neither Clinton nor Obama (nor other blankety blanks)will give them this technology.

[sionnsar]

Sounds little like the Esaki or (Ge) tunnel diode, though that had negative resistance in a portion of its curve that made a number of high-frequency applications possible back in the 60s and 70s. I went looking for some back in the 90s and couldn’t find any.

[sionnsar]

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