The researchers at the University of Manchester have successfully cracked the biggest stumbling block in semiconductor miniaturization. By breaking the silicon barrier by using the world’s thinnest material Graphene, they have developed the world’s smallest transistor.
The breakthrough might flicker the development of a new type of super-fast computer chip. These new transistors are merely one atom thick and less than 50 atoms wide. The semiconductor industry roadmap claims that the tininess of electronics will undergo its biggest challenge in the next twenty years.
Graphene transistors stay steady and conductive even when they are only a few nanometers wide while the current silicon-based technology doesn’t has this advantage and the very same reason might lead to its downfall. So, Graphene proves to be a solid alternative to Silicon
Via: Dailytech
