[Tech] Transistor in materiale plastico da Xerox e TDA

La prima ricaduta sarebbe sui costi: gli attuali chip in silicio vengono prodotti in stabilimenti ultrasofisticati ma anche ultra-costosi, infatti - basti pensare che nelle loro clean room viene mantenuta una atmosfera infinitamente più pulita e asettica di quella della migliore delle sale operatorie "per umani".



La seconda riguarderebbe i supporti in grado di sfruttare i nuovi chip, e quindi la loro diffusione:

Just as important, it could greatly expand the range of objects that connect to the Internet, because electronic connections would be handled by a thin film or mouldable material, rather than rigid chips. A thin screen could be bound into a magazine, for instance, and connect wirelessly to a Web site, or plastic soda bottles could transmit signals to inventory devices.



"Within two to three years, you might be able to see something on the market, like a low-performance display" made with these types of materials, said Beng Ong, a Xerox fellow who headed a team at the Xerox Research Centre of Canada that developed a series of electronic polymers.

Fonte: ZDNet.UK.