IBM: New materials 29 times times faster than silicon can be used to make the speed of light pc

Sina Science and technology news Beijing time August 21 morning, scientists at the University of Manchester, UK, are studying a carbon material that is only one atom thick and can be used to make more accurate radar systems and PCs running at speeds close to the speed of light. The 36-year-old Constantine Novosiorov (Konstantin Novoselov) and 52-Year-old Andre Ghem (Andre Geim), a physicist at the University of Manchester, have found a way to make graphene (graphene) conductive to consumer electronics.　　Graphene, also known as Single-layer Graphite, is the thinnest and hardest material that can be produced at present. Two of researchers say graphene conducts about 30 times times the speed of silicon, near the speed of light.　　The discovery is invaluable, and companies such as IBM can use the machine to speed up the PC. "Their new discoveries were not previously achievable," said Yu-ming Lin, IBM researcher and first Lin Youming, the inventor of a wafer-sized graphene ic. "The research project is funded by IBM, Samsung, the U.S. Air Force and the Navy, Lin Youming said, and IBM will consider using graphene in semiconductors and computers. (Li Ming)