[...]Truth is that nanotechnology is the next step in the evolution of the technology.
Nanotechnology is the science that tries to control matter on an atomic or molecular scale (for a better definition, Wikipedia).
It is quite interesting, in the world of computers, the 2 parallel paths that are being investigated. On the one hand, Intel is defying the laws of semiconductors by reducing the size of the transistors. This means more computing power in less space, less energy consumption, faster operations... Although I'm a bit skeptic, because of the problem I'm going to explain you:
Microprocessors have problems with temperature (overheating) because the transistors emit heat when operating; the faster a microprocessor is, the more operations it makes, and the heat emitted is higher and higher. So well, there is a problem: at certain temperatures, the microprocessor melts, so we need a cooling device. Look what happens if it doesn't work (or we remove it). That same heat, joined with effects produced by an almost non-existent separation between transistors, could make this option's future disappear.
Returning to Intel's approach, they will experience overheating problems, as well as they might reach the physical barriers of semiconductor-based transistors.
On the other hand, the second path is the one I find really impressive and revolutionary. It uses atoms and molecular transistors not necessarily silicon-based (as Intel studies do). It will be... a life. It's the beginning of the real AI. It will reduce the power consumption, the size and the concept of computing.
The future is here, welcome, atomic and molecular (if not alive) computers.
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Nanotechnology is the science that tries to control matter on an atomic or molecular scale (for a better definition, Wikipedia).
It is quite interesting, in the world of computers, the 2 parallel paths that are being investigated. On the one hand, Intel is defying the laws of semiconductors by reducing the size of the transistors. This means more computing power in less space, less energy consumption, faster operations... Although I'm a bit skeptic, because of the problem I'm going to explain you:
Microprocessors have problems with temperature (overheating) because the transistors emit heat when operating; the faster a microprocessor is, the more operations it makes, and the heat emitted is higher and higher. So well, there is a problem: at certain temperatures, the microprocessor melts, so we need a cooling device. Look what happens if it doesn't work (or we remove it). That same heat, joined with effects produced by an almost non-existent separation between transistors, could make this option's future disappear.
Returning to Intel's approach, they will experience overheating problems, as well as they might reach the physical barriers of semiconductor-based transistors.
On the other hand, the second path is the one I find really impressive and revolutionary. It uses atoms and molecular transistors not necessarily silicon-based (as Intel studies do). It will be... a life. It's the beginning of the real AI. It will reduce the power consumption, the size and the concept of computing.
The future is here, welcome, atomic and molecular (if not alive) computers.
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