Electronic devices are getting smaller and faster all the time, but this is pushes the limit.
In a breakthrough of nano proportions, Pitt physicistDr. Jeremy Levy has created the tiniest transistor in the world–itmeasures 2 nanometers in size. While the transistor is the basicbuilding block of all computers, this one is1000 times smaller than itspredecessor, an unfathomable leap that reduces its size to slightlylarger than an atom, which is about as small as anything can get.
LastMarch Levy and his team discovered a process that enabled them toconduct electricity at nano-scale proportions with a new material thatcould replace silicon and provide computers with increased storagecapacity. (For the Pop City story, click here.)
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