New transistor concept developed

Transistors, as used in billions on every computer chip, are nowadays based on semiconductor-type materials, usually silicon. As the demands for computer chips in laptops, tablets and smartphones continue to rise, new possibilities are being sought out to fabricate them inexpensively, energy-saving and flexibly. The group led by Dr. Christian Klinke has now succeeded in producing transistors based on a completely different principle. They use metal nanoparticles which are so small that they no longer show their metallic character under current flow but exhibit an energy gap caused by the Coulomb repulsion of the electrons among one another.

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I’ll tell you what chip I’d like in the car right now.

One that predicts on coming corners and curves and displays comfortable speed recommendations.

and one that tells you the speed of the car in front, and whether its slowing down.

Things like that.

Tau.Neutrino said:

I’ll tell you what chip I’d like in the car right now.

One that predicts on coming corners and curves and displays comfortable speed recommendations.

and one that tells you the speed of the car in front, and whether its slowing down.

Things like that.

The new Rolls has GPS linked to the gearbox so the car is always in the right gear for the speed and gradient and knows what is coming, all speed dependent.

Tau.Neutrino said:

I’ll tell you what chip I’d like in the car right now.

One that predicts on coming corners and curves and displays comfortable speed recommendations.

and one that tells you the speed of the car in front, and whether its slowing down.

Things like that.

Trouble is we could eventually lose our spatial sensibilities.

AwesomeO said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

I’ll tell you what chip I’d like in the car right now.

One that predicts on coming corners and curves and displays comfortable speed recommendations.

and one that tells you the speed of the car in front, and whether its slowing down.

Things like that.

The new Rolls has GPS linked to the gearbox so the car is always in the right gear for the speed and gradient and knows what is coming, all speed dependent.

I like that level of accuracy.