Is this the technical development that will finally give me my jet pack?
Posted on 02/01/2005 8:12:32 AM PST by Paradox
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co. said Tuesday that its researchers have proven that a technology they invented could eventually replace the transistor, a fundamental building block of computers.
In a paper published in Tuesday's Journal of Applied Physics, HP said three members of its Quantum Science Research group propose and demonstrate a "crossbar latch," which provides the signal restoration and inversion required for general computing without the need for transistors.
HP (up $0.25 to $19.59, Research) said in a statement that the technology could result in computers that are thousands of times more powerful than those that exist today.
(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...
So I wonder when Jane will make her appearance.
i robot here we come.
How is this any different from the quantum computing R&D that IBM has been working on for years?
Is this the technical development that will finally give me my jet pack?
I am guessing practicality and the ability to produce and get it to the consumer market within a reasonable cost. I am sure there are other things such as the fact that quantum computing isnt quite viable yet.
| 6,586,965 - Molecular crossbar latch |
| Inventor(s) | Kuekes; Phillip J. (Menlo Park, CA) |
| Assignee(s) and Licensee(s) | Hewlett Packard Company |
| USPTO | Info at USPTO |
| Date Granted | 2003-07-01 |
| Country | USA |
| Description | A molecular crossbar latch is provided, comprising two control wires and a signal wire that crosses the two control wires at a non-zero angle to thereby form a junction with each control wire. Each junction forms a switch and the junction has a functional dimension in nanometers. The signal wire selectively has at least two different voltage states, ranging from a 0 state to a 1 state, wherein there is an asymmetry with respect to the direction of current flow from the signal wire through one junction compared to another junction such that current flowing through one junction into (out of) the signal wire can open (close) while current flowing through the other junction out of (into) the signal wire can close (open) the switch, and wherein there is a voltage threshold for switching between an open switch and a closed switch. Further, methods are provided for latching logic values onto nanowires in a logic array, for inverting a logic value, and for restoring a voltage value of a signal in a nano-scale wire. |
Ever since I saw video of one of those in action I've wanted one. The airport I fly from is on an island that is separated from the city's downtown by a gap of ~150 yards (it's in Guinnes as the world's shortest ferry crossing) and I'd love to just hop over instead of waiting for the boat.
This could be the next "bubble memory"!
Does this mean that I have to throw out my 8-track now?
http://www.google.com/search?q=Kuekes%3B+Phillip+J.&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official
When I went to school the hot topic was submicron gate lengths.
LOL!
Useless, as long as we have to continue using Microcrap operating systems.
LOL!
how long before they start making biological ones?
That's an obscure joke
No Maas, No Maas. -- Roberto Duran
"said in a statement that the technology could result in computers that are thousands of times more powerful than those that exist today."
No doubt, running on Windoze.
/sarcasm off.
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