clever, wish we could read the research. Seems that the aim is to create a higher density (and presumably larger scale) medium for computing than can be made w

clever, wish we could read the research. Seems that the aim is to create a higher density (and presumably larger scale) medium for computing than can be made with traditional fabrication. trade-off (opportunity?) is that it computes much differently - you learn to compute with the switches you get, rather than building the switches you need. probably has some nasty sensitivities to voltage, and RF, and heat, and vibration - but that's just engineering :) Have they demonstrated much better density yet? (from skimming one of the researchers' other papers they have gotten 10^8 switches/cm^2 which is not as dense as the transistors on a high-end graphics card. not that they are really directly comparable anyhow, this would be like a special coprocessor for neural-stuff. here's a good overview with quotes from one of the above paper's authors: http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/61049 http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/61049