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Article: Molecules perform Boolean calculations: HP researchers build basic logic chips without silicon.(research on boolean calculations)
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- Design News
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- January 9, 2006
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Researchers at Hewlett-Packard Co. have built molecular-level processors capable of performing basic Boolean functions, thus opening the door for silicon-less electronic devices, possibly as soon as a decade from now.
The molecular processors, part of a larger effort to take the electronics industry beyond the current limitations of Moore's Law, could improve device density by as much as 100 times. They could also serve as a first step toward making logic devices smaller than biological cells, thus providing them with the ability to function as chemical sensors within human blood.
"Using this process, you could build chips far smaller than a speck of ...