http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/ Engadget Comments for Crystal discovery could pave the way for new generation of computer chips http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/Mar 2nd 2010 3:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/Mar 2nd 2010 3:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/Crazy as it might sound I'm starting to think there is a similarity between science-fiction and predicting the future....]]>Mar 2nd 2010 3:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/
Or perhaps, our making of our thoughts physical and broadcasting them shifts the probable states toward one of our own making.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 3:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/Mar 2nd 2010 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/Yea, its on the article
"be able to expand the capacity of storage devices by 1,000 to a million times"]]>Mar 2nd 2010 3:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/New Year, new "change" to computer chips that never see the light of day.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/
http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/stargate/images/thumb/3/32/Control_crystals.JPG/800px-Control_crystals.JPG]]>Mar 2nd 2010 3:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/STARGATE!]]>Mar 2nd 2010 3:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/Huh, Fortress of Solitude had this tech long before StarGate. They just stole a page from DC Comics, let the suing & couter-suing ensue! ]]>Mar 2nd 2010 5:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/Mar 2nd 2010 3:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/
So why are you here jibba jabberin'?? Get to work! I wanna see this in my computer YESTERDAY!!]]>Mar 2nd 2010 3:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/
they're probably waiting for the VCs to pump insane amounts of cash into it.... then get out of university and form their own company.... then go public and do stuff most startups do....

just a guess....]]>Mar 2nd 2010 3:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/
Like fail?]]>Mar 2nd 2010 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.snopes.com/food/origins/gatorade.asp

Doubt they would let this little nugget be licensed off cheapy if it turns out to have any viable commercial success down the road.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/Or get bought out by a bigger player, and then retire.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/Yet another example that the Singularity is coming.

I can't wait.

]]>Mar 2nd 2010 3:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/Mar 2nd 2010 3:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/
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]]>Mar 2nd 2010 3:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/I agree! I actually work in Dr. Dalal's lab (That's the guy on the left). But not on this project.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/
Lead can be used in the solder sometimes used for flip-chip bonding (a means of connecting the chip to its package), but that's got nothing to do with the chip technology itself. Even an alternative technology would probably use flip-chip bonding (with or without lead).

Prior to RHoS regulation (and similar in Japan), lead was used extensively to attach components to printed circuit boards, but outside the military world, that's largely been phased out. In any case, the hazard of lead in circuit boards is not from leakage in to landfills, but lead exposure in people who are recycling the electronics. It was the desire to recycle that led to the removal of Pb from electronics.

]]>Mar 2nd 2010 3:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/
In either case, it's almost impossible for the the lead in FeRAMs to get out. It's buried deep within the device under layers of silicon dioxide (basically the hard stuff sand is made of) and metal.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 4:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hteIZrXQqOE]]>Mar 2nd 2010 4:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/dont be stupid]]>Mar 2nd 2010 7:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/
Too late...]]>Mar 2nd 2010 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/Mar 2nd 2010 5:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/yea tht 2]]>Mar 2nd 2010 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/Mar 2nd 2010 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/Mar 2nd 2010 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/Mar 2nd 2010 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://microsoft.com]]>Mar 2nd 2010 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/crystal-discovery-could-pave-the-way-for-new-generation-of-compu/Mar 2nd 2010 12:12PM