This Chip Could Change Computing Forever

[Axemantitan]

This Chip Could Change Computing Forever

 

[MacGizmo]

For those who don't want to bother watching the video (it's a highly technical and very informative explanation of graphene - almost a promo video for it):

Researchers have created the world's first graphene semiconductor. The joke goes that graphene can do everything but leave the lab, but in the last few years, this is no longer true. In this episode we'll see how scientists turned the best conductor known to man into a semiconductor, opening the door to faster, cooler and more efficient computing.​

We've been hearing about "Graphene Computer Chips" for a really long time. Researchers have been "on the cusp" the entire time, and have yet to release anything. File this in the "I'll believe it when I see it" folder.

 

[Chuckeee]

I thought this thread was going to be a eulogy of Zilog stopping the production of the Z80.

After 48 years, Zilog is killing the classic standalone Z80 microprocessor chip

Z80 powered game consoles, ZX Spectrum, Pac-Man, and a 1970s PC standard based on CP/M.

arstechnica.com

 

[bousozoku]

I thought this thread was going to be a eulogy of Zilog stopping the production of the Z80.

After 48 years, Zilog is killing the classic standalone Z80 microprocessor chip

Z80 powered game consoles, ZX Spectrum, Pac-Man, and a 1970s PC standard based on CP/M.

arstechnica.com

That was the best of the 8s processors, although I still preferred the 6502 line, especially the 65802 and 65816. It feels like I've got 6502 assembly code flowing through me.

 

[Alameda]

This Chip Could Change Computing Forever

I think the entire human race would be better off if Moore’s Law came screeching to a halt. The only purpose of Moore’s Law at this point is to give manufacturers something to sell, and I don’t see the benefit they serve humankind as a whole.