From the November 2005 Scientific American Magazine | 0 comments

Crossbar Nanocomputers ( Preview )

Crisscrossing assemblies of defect-prone nanowires could succeed today's silicon-based circuit

By Philip J. Kuekes, Gregory S. Snider and R. Stanley Williams

More from the Magazine

November
2005 Issue
Antigravity Naming Names
SciAm Perspectives Preparing for the Worst
Skeptic Rupert's Resonance
Buy the Digital Edition

In a little over half a century, the number of transistors on a silicon chip

has grown from just one to nearly a billion--an accomplishment celebrated as Moore's Law. By greatly enhancing digital machines' ability to crunch numbers, execute logical operations and store data, this unprecedented manufacturing success has enabled revolutionary changes in our day-to-day lives while spawning one of the planet's largest and most influential industries.

Already a Digital subscriber? Sign-in Now
If your institution has site license access, enter here.

Read Comments (0) | Post a comment

Discuss This Article

Click here to submit your comment.

VIEW:



	Email:
	Name:
	Address:
	Address 2:
	City:
	State:

Subscription Center

World Changing Ideas

Video ContestInnovation is the key to a better future. Enter your own World Changing Ideas videos in our contest.

Editor's Pick

Time to Ban Production of Nuclear Weapons MaterialA new global treaty that cuts off production of plutonium and highly enriched uranium for nuclear weapons could jump-start nuclear disarmament and help prevent proliferation