Post by sherlew99 on May 31, 2014 10:07:29 GMT -6
Why You, Non-Nerd, Should Get Excited about Graphene
Joshua Fruhlinger, GQ
May 30, 2014
Right now, you carry multiple computers configured for different purposes, partially because their motherboards, printed on hard silicon, can’t do anything other than that for which they were designed. Your smartphone handles a selection of communication and entertainment functions. Your camera is filled with camera-friendly chips. Your game console is heavy on graphics and presentation hardware. Your computer is memory-heavy, able to crunch file structures and complex mathematics.
Graphene, with its perceived infinite laser-configurability as a motherboard, could morph into virtually any kind of computer.
Joshua Fruhlinger, GQ
May 30, 2014
Right now, you carry multiple computers configured for different purposes, partially because their motherboards, printed on hard silicon, can’t do anything other than that for which they were designed. Your smartphone handles a selection of communication and entertainment functions. Your camera is filled with camera-friendly chips. Your game console is heavy on graphics and presentation hardware. Your computer is memory-heavy, able to crunch file structures and complex mathematics.
Graphene, with its perceived infinite laser-configurability as a motherboard, could morph into virtually any kind of computer.
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