Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Nanotubes could make superstrong chips
FROM space elevator cables to television screens and fuel cell
electrodes, there is scarcely an unclaimed application for carbon nanotubes.
Now microprocessor giant Intel wants to use them to extend the life of
its chips. In a patent published last week, Intel reveals how nanotubes' strength
and heat-dissipating properties can be used to reinforce the conducting
copper tracks that connect millions of transistors together.
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