Researchers discover single-atom transistor

12/07/2009 02:44:00 PM Research, Science 6 Comments

Researchers discover single-atom transistor:

In an age ruled by information great emphasis is placed on processing speed, memory capacity and sensor sizes. The advancement of such hardware is tied directly to the accelerated development of integrated circuits and exponential improvements of the transistor. When news hits that researchers successfully built a working transistor the size of a single atom, the next generation of devices don't seem that far-fetched.