Graphene: A New Revolution?

It's impossible to add to the detailed, expansive oratory of post #1. That about covers it.

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Deserves a GA, wouldn't you say?

Well, Why not.

What will happened to all that large silicon producing companies...............??? what they do then...................Are they prepared for that??

Didn't you understnd answer#1?
The revolution will be the same as the optical computer revolution which has been going to happen soon for the last 20 years.
It's a crock of horse feathers.
I expect the comercial uses of graphene can be writen on the back of a postage stamp.
Del

As a more in depth explanation to the correct response (post #1), if you look closely at the characteristics of Graphene and the characteristics of Silicon (and other similar and used semiconductors) you will see that they are not directly equivalent in a number of very important properties that allow semiconductor chips work.

Unlike what Del says, I personally feel Graphene has many, many potential future uses (but admittedly only some at the moment that I am aware of). Silicon replacement is not one of them but incorporation in electronic devices is certainly possible as is structural material, and wide scale use will likely occur once (if) Graphene mass production techniques can be developed (and are cost competitive to existing materials they will be replacing).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphine

Only time will tell.