Comments on: Intel eyes nanotubes for future chip designs

Company is experimenting with carbon nanotubes as a possible replacement for copper wires in order to speed connections.

[CharlesRovira]

What about silicon nanotubes?

It seems to me that, since the number of electrons in the outer shell is equivalent (pun intended,) they should be able to strain the silicon into nanotubes.

That means no introduction of foreign material by means of layering, sputtering or doping. That would take care of a whole lot of problems with ELSI.

[vizfx]

no such thing

There is no naturally occuring silicon sturcture that exists in the "nanotube" form. I don't think there is any element that exists in that form except for carbon which is why it is so special

[thecatch]

Parallel Processing

Their is software coming that will shift the focus of performance
gains in that direction, (Parallel Processing Software).

This should buy the hardware guys at least a couple of decades for
all needs that we should have.

Look for big announcements next year, out of Texas & CA.