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Can Nanowires Promote Speedier Chips?

Posted June 11, 2009 7:33 AM

As detailed in a recent IEEE Journal of Electron Device Letters article, researchers at the University of Illinois have figured out how to fabricate a metal-semiconductor field-effect transistor (FET) using a self-assembled, planar gallium arsenide (GaAs) nanowire channel. Does this mean that nanowire and nanotube FETs could be manufactured at the current scale of silicon MOSFETs? Could they replace conventional devices?

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babybear Guru Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: USA/Europe Posts: 4160 Good Answers: 73	#1 Re: Can Nanowires Promote Speedier Chips? 06/12/2009 5:48 PM
	Hi all, I was wondering if the nanowire could take the relatively high power compared with the 'old' system of printed circuits? But on checking it seems they would indeed carry enough power. Whether you would be better off using a printed circuit at nano.say 2 mic' and have a product less likely to break, is another thought. bb __________________ Take care, bb ----- >> "HEAR & you FORGET <-> SEE & you REMEMBER <-> DO & you UNDERSTAND" << =$=\|O\|=$= >> "Common Sense is Genius dressed in its Working Clothes" << <> [Ralph Waldo Emerson]
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Epke Guru Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Japan Posts: 1717 Good Answers: 11	#2 Re: Can Nanowires Promote Speedier Chips? 06/12/2009 8:57 PM
	Yes, but not at the current scale of silicon MOSFETs __________________ From the Movie "The Big Lebowski" Don't pee on the carpet man!

babybear Guru Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: USA/Europe Posts: 4160 Good Answers: 73	#3 In reply to #2 Re: Can Nanowires Promote Speedier Chips? 06/13/2009 6:28 PM
	Hello Epke, how are you? I agree with your opinion BTW! And, I cannot believe we are the only two posters? Take care, bb __________________ Take care, bb ----- >> "HEAR & you FORGET <-> SEE & you REMEMBER <-> DO & you UNDERSTAND" << =$=\|O\|=$= >> "Common Sense is Genius dressed in its Working Clothes" << <> [Ralph Waldo Emerson]

Epke Guru Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Japan Posts: 1717 Good Answers: 11	#4 In reply to #3 Re: Can Nanowires Promote Speedier Chips? 06/14/2009 6:58 AM
	because it is too tiny too see? __________________ From the Movie "The Big Lebowski" Don't pee on the carpet man!
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babybear Guru Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: USA/Europe Posts: 4160 Good Answers: 73	#5 In reply to #4 Re: Can Nanowires Promote Speedier Chips? 06/14/2009 7:22 AM
	Hello Epke, It took a while with me looking at your post, but the 'penny' eventually dropped. Too small to see! I like it. We will have to ask admin to stop this nano printing eh? LOL :-) Take care my friend..........bb __________________ Take care, bb ----- >> "HEAR & you FORGET <-> SEE & you REMEMBER <-> DO & you UNDERSTAND" << =$=\|O\|=$= >> "Common Sense is Genius dressed in its Working Clothes" << <> [Ralph Waldo Emerson]
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