Room temperature quantum dot transistor uses no semiconductor

07/03/2013 - 00:00

By Jason Mick -

Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech/MTU) physics professor Yoke Khin Yap is concerned that the current route of semiconductor development is untenable for extending Moore's Law.  He comments [press release], "At the rate the current technology is progressing, in 10 or 20 years, they won’t be able to get any smaller.  Also, semiconductors have another disadvantage: they waste a lot of energy in the form of heat."

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