This Is the End of the Silicon Chip, Here’s What’s Next
Quantum mechanics could stop microchips from getting any smaller. What does that mean for the future of electronics? Moore's Law Is Ending... So, What's Next? - https://youtu.be/Vv_2C95cO6s...
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Electronics keep getting smaller, and it’s all thanks to electric switches called transistors. When these little fellas replaced vacuum tubes, computers went from the size of entire rooms to merely the corner of a room. In the 60-odd years since, transistors have kept shrinking, scaling down and powering up our electronics with them. But many think we are hitting a choke point… what if we can’t make anything smaller?! Transistors have 3 terminals, a source, a drain, and a gate. Current flows from the source and, if the gate allows the electrons to pass, out the drain. You know how computer code is ones and zeros at its most fundamental level? Well, this is where that physically happens. Current flowing through an open gate represents a one, a closed ...
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Electronics keep getting smaller, and it’s all thanks to electric switches called transistors. When these little fellas replaced vacuum tubes, computers went from the size of entire rooms to merely the corner of a room. In the 60-odd years since, transistors have kept shrinking, scaling down and powering up our electronics with them. But many think we are hitting a choke point… what if we can’t make anything smaller?! Transistors have 3 terminals, a source, a drain, and a gate. Current flows from the source and, if the gate allows the electrons to pass, out the drain. You know how computer code is ones and zeros at its most fundamental level? Well, this is where that physically happens. Current flowing through an open gate represents a one, a closed ...
