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The MIM diode: Another challenger for the electronics crown

News: Quantum Physics    November 19, 2010
Sometimes good ideas in technology languish because of serious implementation hurdles. The MIM diode (Metal-Insulator-Metal) was one of those technologies. Note the past tense. Essentially, a diode conducts an electrical current in only one direction. Like a check valve with water, it won’t allow back flow. However, more sophisticated diodes do more than act like [...]
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Diode tunneling into quantum computing

News: Computer Power    October 23, 2009
One way or another, computers will eventually incorporate aspects of quantum physics. They may be true ‘quantum computers’ or just use components based on quantum mechanics, but the trends are moving in the quantum direction. (I realize quantum direction is pretty much an oxymoron.) We’re almost at the end of the road for current silicon-based [...]
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