IBM exposes sub atomic transistors Microscope delivers future vision By INQUIRER staff: Thursday 08 August 2002, 13:51 IN ITS ENDEAVOURS to create ever smaller chips IBM, together with advanced electron optics Nion, has developed what it says is the world's highest-resolution electron microscope. The microscope allows observers to see individual atoms, measuring four-billionths of an inch wide. It was developed to check on the tiddly transistors used in advanced semiconductors. The science journal Nature, says today, "The ability to use electron microscopy to identify and locate individual atoms will have a wide impact on materials, physics and biological sciences". IBM...