Molybdenite

[doodab]

Gosh.

Yet more exotic semiconductors.

Who'd have thunk it.

Now if only it will superconduct at room temperatures, you hu-mans will almost have things sorted.

That's so last decade

FZD Press Release May 28, 2009: Superconducting chips to become reality , superconducting germanium, Forschungszentrum Dresden Rossendorf, Advanced Materials Research - Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, HZDR

Although personally I think this is rather more exciting.

Bristol University | News from the University | Multi-purpose photonic chip

[Doggy Styles]

When I were a young man fixing my own cars the best socket sets were supposed to be chrome molybdenum, so I suppose it must be quite hard.

You need a hard tool when working on an old jalopy or you can graunch your nuts.

[Ruprect]

"doodab is geek beyond compare"

Ain't that the truth

[doodab]

First Molybdenite Microchip

Molybdenite, a new and very promising material, can surpass the physical limits of silicon. EPFL scientists have proven this by making the first molybdenite microchip, with smaller and more energy efficient transistors.
After having revealed the electronic advantages of molybdenite, EPFL researchers have now taken the next definitive step. The Laboratory of Nanoscale Electronics and Structures (LANES) has made a chip, or integrated circuit, confirming that molybdenite can surpass the physical limits of silicon in terms of miniaturization, electricity consumption, and mechanical flexibility.

Marvellous.