25 August 2010

Diamonds Are a Supercomputer's Best Friend

Nearly octahedral diamond crystal in matrix.Image via Wikipedia
"Scientists in California have used commercially available technology to pattern large sheets of diamonds with tiny, nitrogen-filled holes. The nitrogen-vacancy diamonds, as the sheets are called by scientists, could store millions of times more information than current silicon-based systems and process that information dozens of times faster."

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