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The article examines research in nanotechnology and its application to computer storage devices. Researchers at the University of California-Berkeley have constructed a computer chip based on carbon nanotubes and iron nanoparticles which may allow information to be stored without degradation for as...

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Published in:Economist Vol. 392; no. 8647; p. 14
Format: Article
Published: Economist Newspaper Limited 9/5/2009
Subjects:
Computer storage devices
Computer peripherals
Nanoparticles
Fullerenes
Nanotubes
Nanotechnology
Integrated circuit design
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article examines research in nanotechnology and its application to computer storage devices. Researchers at the University of California-Berkeley have constructed a computer chip based on carbon nanotubes and iron nanoparticles which may allow information to be stored without degradation for as much as a billion years.