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Nanoscale transistors could enable more efficient electronics. (news.mit.edu)
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[โ€“] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Engineers: we can't make transistors smaller because they wouldn't work because of those quantum effects

Different engineers: but what if we use quantum effects as the basis to make smaller transistors work

[โ€“] LavenderDay3544@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

The idea of a QFET or QTFET isn't particularly new.