With silicon pushed to its limits, what will power the next electronics revolution?
Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 07:50
in Physics & Chemistry
The semiconducting silicon chip launched the revolution of electronics and computerisation that has made life in the opening years of the 21st century scarcely recognisable from the start of the last. Silicon integrated circuits (IC) underpin practically everything we take for granted now in our interconnected, digital world: controlling the systems we use and allowing us to access and share information at will.