For all the beloved home hobbyists, you’re very familiar with the transistor, as it’s one of the essential electronics components, which is commonly being used to amplify/switch electronic signals.
However, have you ever heard the Optical Computer Closer, which is an optical transistor made from single molecule? It sounds like an impossible thing to you, isn’t it?
Believe it or not, a research team from ETH Zurich have made a new breakthrough for electronics field, when they’re managed to develop the world’s first optical transistor from a single molecule!
Nowadays, the internet connection and computer need to be faster and more powerful. However, it seems there’s an obstacle, when the conventional central processing units (CPUs) limit the performance of computers. Did you know that one square centimeter of CPU is capable to emit up to 125 watts of heat? Let’s think about it, what will happen, if you have ten square centimeters or even hundreds?
So, when the ETH Zurich research team discovered the optical transistor, it gives a brand new hope to the electronics and computer niches. They’re now in the stages, where they want to find out the ways to create the brand new computer, the Quantum Computer! [sciencedaily]
This is really a good news for all tech savvy people
It will help the electronics and computer niches.You are right it’s a hope for them.