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• throw0101d 4mo ago
  > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_Plenty_of_Room_at_the_Bottom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_Plenty_of_Room_at_th... Yes, single-atom manipulation has already been demonstrated: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_(atoms) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_(atoms) Can you make transistors using that technique? Can you smaller?
  • dgfl 4mo ago
    You could make maybe ten transistors or so, but no more. That technique is quite literally pushing atoms one by one with a sharp needle. Not scalable, though maybe useful for some quantum computing platforms’ fabrication since we’re at early stages. And you could write nice sci-fi about subatomic transistors, but forget making them in this reality.