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Simple yet clever way to boost chip speeds (sciencedaily.com)
11 points by andyjpb on June 19, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments



Still no way to mass-produce graphene in the chip process, as the article admits.


Graphene can do anything, except leave the lab.


It will take time. For example carbon nanotubes are now finding their way into production, and have gone through a similar craziness phase some 10-15 years ago but are far from the "wonder material" the press has presented them to be. I believe graphene will have a similar evolution, maybe even a bit faster if you consider the amount of funding that has been poured into it. I'm sure it will find its way out of the lab sometime though, however again I think it will not be the "magic do-everything" material. I believe there is some blame to the press, since they tend to always over-exaggerate about scientific progress. I would even say it's damaging to science because it creates hard or even impossible expectations, that downgrade the crazy amount of research that has been put into them to the eyes of the public.


I like the image of electrons "scooting" though the wires.




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