IBM builds 9 nanometer carbon nanotube transistor, puts silicon on notice

BY MICHAEL GORMAN  JANUARY 28TH, 2012 AT 12:34AM ET

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It's not the smallest transistor out there, but the boffins at IBM have constructed the tiniest carbon nanotube transistor to date. It's nine nanometers* in size, making it one nanometer smaller than the presumed physical limit of silicon transistors.