A research team from the Atomic Wire and Layer Research Center at Yonsei University (South Korea) has developed the world’s smallest metal wire for microchips.
This wire measures just 2 nanometers in width (1 nanometer = one billionth of a meter; a human hair is approximately 100,000 nanometers thick). This groundbreaking technology is expected to facilitate the creation of new semiconductors capable of processing data at faster speeds.
Currently, Samsung Electronics utilizes 70-nanometer technology for its microchips available on the market, with plans to adopt 50-nanometer technology in the future. The research team, led by Professor Yeom Han-Woong, began investigating 2-nanometer technology in 2003 and received $2.14 million in funding from the South Korean Ministry of Science and Technology for their research, which is set to continue until 2011.
N.T.ĐA (According to AFP)
