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No longer just a spectator, silicon oxide gets into the electronics action on computer chips |
January 26, 2011
Scientists are documenting that one fundamental component of computer chips, long regarded as a passive bystander, can actually be made to act like a switch. That potentially allows it to take part in the electronic processes that power cell phones, iPads and other products. In a new report, the scientists document the multiple ways in which silicon dioxide, long regarded simply as an electric insulator, gets involved in the action.
Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110119120554.htm
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