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DetlefK Donating Member (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-12-11 01:28 PM
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3. Might sound more impressive than it is.
1. Building such a nanostructure is of medium difficulty with todays technology, but implementing it is really hard: You have to add Input/Output-channels for commands and for data. And this borderline between diferent scales of size is where it gets tricky.
2. If you drop a microchip it's fine. If you drop such a device, the rifts and cracks on the surface will ruin your grid.
3. You have to choose the right materials for substrate and wires to prevent atomic surface-migration, especially when the device warms up during use.
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