Special Reports IT: Beyond Moore's Law

From the use of nanoscale materials for flash memory to making new designs for transistors, the amazing advances in computer technology have largely been made possible by Moore's Law. But it can't go on forever--or can it?

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: Nanowire Computing Made Practical
IBM has developed a process for making speedier and more energy-efficient chips.; One of the leading candidates for a technology that could make computers smaller and more powerful is based on transistors made from semiconducting nanowires. Read More

Nanotube Ink: Printable carbon nanotube patterns could find uses in flexible displays and RFID tags.

Small, Cheaper Flash Memory: Freescale Semiconductor is using nanoscale materials to halve the size of flash memory and make it much less expensive.

Trying for a Terahertz Transistor: A new transistor design aims to smash speed records.

A New Spin on Computing: Researchers have found a material that could allow the use of spintronics to make more-powerful computers.

A Universal Chip for Cell Phones: A single chip for wireless devices that's multifunctional, more energy efficient, and space saving is in the works.

Holograms Break Storage Record: New technology has almost twice the storage density of a magnetic hard drive.

: Carbon Nanotube Computers
IBM researchers have made an important breakthrough: arranging nanotube transistors for complex circuits.

: A Breakthrough in Nanotube Transistors; High-current transistors made from perfectly aligned carbon nanotubes show promise for use in flexible and high-speed nanoelectronics.

Bringing Light to Silicon: Intel has announced a new type of silicon laser that can transfer data on a beam of light--and could make computers many times faster.

A Laser Technique Could Improve Electronics: This novel process might lead to purer silicon -- and faster chips.

How to Burn a Three Terabyte CD: A new nano-optical device can focus laser light tighter than traditional optics, which could lead to higher-density data storage.

An Enhanced Hard Drive for Your Media: Hardware manufacturers are staving off storage limits by making bits stand rather than recline.

Nanowire Transistors Faster than Silicon: Advances in nanowires show they can be fast enough to use as ultrasmall transistors in cheap, high-performance electronics.

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