Researchers at MIT have developed a microprocessor based on carbon nanotube transistors. As described in the journal Nature, it can be fabricated using traditional silicon chip manufacturing techniques. This represents an important step towards a practical realisation of the next generation of microprocessors using carbon nanotubes.
The fabrication of carbon nanotube field effect transistors (CNFETs) is particularly important for the construction of next-generation computers. CNFETs have about ten times more energy efficiency and operate at far higher speeds than silicon FETs. Until now the large-scale production of CNFETs has been dogged by manufacturing defects.
article: https://www.elektormagazine.com/news/a-microprocessor-made-from-carbon-nanotube-fets
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