On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, Tim Maroney wrote:
> Um, no, at least not any time soon. What they demonstrated was a
> single NOT gate built from a nanotube. That doesn't mean that anyone
Sure, but demonstration of first transistor action in buckys is just a few
months old.
> is adding nanogates to their chip roadmaps. Fabrication and
Of course not, silicon photolitho is a dead end, with a few possible
briding hybrids, mostly nanolithoprinted and self-assembly deposted 2d and
2 1/2d stuff.
> connectivity remain completely unsolved problems.
We always knew that the isolated switches alone would be no good. We have
self assembly and manipulative proximal probe as strong suggestions so
far. In fact, IBM is doing very good work on manipulative proximal probe,
so this is not just an isolated progress blipi.
> If people would like to put nanotechnology in perspective, I have not
> seen a finer presentation than this month's Scientific American.
Hmm, while I don't have the print issue what I've seen so far looked like
a bland rehashing of well known facts. Given their well documented
negative bias towards nanotechnology SciAm is hardly a good source of
information.
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