from the Molectronics dept.
According to a press release (20 May 2002), IBM announced it has created "the highest performing nanotubes transistors to date and has proven that carbon nanotubes can outperform the leading silicon transistor prototypes available today". According to the release, the IBM researchers were able to achieve the highest transconductance (measure of the current carrying capability) of any carbon nanotube transistor to date. The company said, "With the announcement, IBM is taking carbon nanotubes . . . another step closer to becoming an option for replacing silicon transistors in future devices."
The announcement garnered widespread attention. Read more for additional details of the research and selected press coverage, as well as links to posts on earlier IBM nanotube-related research. Additional information on the IBM announcement on the web:
- A brief article in the New York Times ("At I.B.M., a Tinier Transistor Outperforms Its Silicon Cousins", by Barnaby Feder, 20 May 2002)
- An article from the Reuters News Service ("IBM builds tiny transistor that beats silicon", 20 May 2002)
- An article on the Small Times website ("IBMís new nanotube transistors may lead to siliconís swan song", by Jeff Karoub, 20 May 2002)
- A brief article on the InfoWorld website ("IBM proves nanotubes can beat silicon", by Gillian Law, 20 May 2002)
- A brief article on the CNETNews.com website ("Nano breakthrough charges science world", by Michael Kanellos, 19 May 2002)
Thanks to Brian Wang and waynerad for submitting some of these items.
Previous IBM work, in which researchers at IBM created and demonstrated the world's first logic-performing computer circuit within a single-molecule device based on a carbon nanotube (a NOT gate), was reported here on Nanodot on 27 August 2001.
