You think something is getting pretty good, then they make moves to improve it by 10,000x.
Researchers create first ever integrated silicon circuit with nanotube transistors
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/r.../05_nano.shtml
Researchers say the development brings them a significant step closer to using carbon nanotubes for memory chips that can hold orders of magnitude more data than current silicon chips - 10,000 times greater, according to some estimates - or for sensors sensitive enough to detect traces of explosives or biochemical agents at the molecular level.
"These results represent a dream come true," said Hongjie Dai, associate professor of chemistry at Stanford and co-principal investigator of the project. "This achievement opens up a vast number of possible applications in nanotechnology."