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Wednesday, June 26, 2002

NANOTRANSISTOR: Cornell demos single-atom transistor
Using a single cobalt atom as a switch, a research team at Cornell University has demonstrated a working transistor only 1.3 nanometers in length. Silicon transistors today are generally more than 100 nm long.

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Story in EE Times: http://www.eet.com/at/news/OEG20020625S0043