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Old 05-19-2012, 07:24 PM
 
Location: Texas
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The first purely silicon oxide-based 'Resistive RAM' memory chip that can operate in ambient conditions – opening up the possibility of new super-fast memory - has been developed by researchers at UCL.
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Old 05-20-2012, 08:20 PM
 
Location: Wasilla, Alaska
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Silicon still has its uses, but we have already reached our physical limitations with silicon. Layers between chips are now only 2.4 ångströms (0.00000000024 meters, or 0.24 nanometers). A silicon atom has a diameter of 2.2 ångströms.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal...ture10934.html
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Old 05-24-2012, 10:40 AM
 
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Also Silicon is being used in Photo-voltaic cells for solar energy
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