Nanomechanical Oscillators Could Replace Transistors in Some Computers

Half a century ago a Japanese graduate student came with the idea of creating a revolutionary electrical circuit that would function on the basis of mechanical operations, opposite the electrical ones used today in digital computers. The device was called 'Parametron', but although computers based on these basic building blocks were put together, they were far less efficient than transistor based ones, in terms of power consumption and circuit integration. Computers today use transi... Read »

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