Memory chips 10,000 times better than those that currently exist??
 

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."