Breakthrough in Carbon Nantotube Computing Could 'Save' Moore's Law

Future computers could run on lab-grown circuits that are thousands of times thinner than a human hair and operate on a fraction of the energy required to power today's silicon-based computer chips, extending "Moore's Law" for years to come.

Stanford University researchers this week reported that they have built a working computer using transistors fashioned from carbon nanotubes (CNTs), a possible breakthrough in finding a cooler alternative to the heat-generating, silicon-based circuitry used in computing today.