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Symmetry on Oct 29, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: I.B.M. Reports Nanotube Chip Breakthrough

Right. I expect people to switch over to other materials only after improvements using silicon stop.

tisme on Oct 29, 2012 [–]

Even then it will have to make economic sense to switch. After all the equation is not x > y but $n using tech x buys more computing power than $n using tech y.

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