[sourcery]

Ping

[Prophet in the wilderness]

ping

[MortMan]

Fructified? Fructified... What an odd turn of the phrase!

[SunkenCiv]

That didn't take long. ;') The magnetic bubble research in the 60s and 70s led inexorably to almost nowhere (highly specialized memory products for extreme environments) until, indirectly and recently, hard drive capacity started to move up with a vengeance.

[upchuck]

John,

Could you modify the posting page software to automatically translate these into something FR can deal with?

team’s -> team's
‘logic gate’ -> 'logic gate'
‘nanowires ‘ -> 'nanowires'
Dr. Atkinson further commented: “These developments ... electricity.” -> Dr. Atkinson further commented: "These developments ... electricity."

There may be others as well.

This would certainly simplify the posting process.

Thanks!

[glorgau]

FWIW, the very first computers were made with mechanical electromagnetic switches. The transistor is just a mini switch that works through applied voltage. It looks like things are just going back to the beginning - except smaller.

[js1138]

First picture of the breakthrough

[Chewbacca]

Never by a disposable computer. If it is disposable then the reliability is low.