few years ago the valley's most famous era of computing is Silicon Valley, Silicon Valley English, chemical element in the microchips are manufactured.
But the future, say some experts and many scientific publications, is in the chips of graphene, a sturdy, transparent and extremely flexible .
South Korean scientists have just built the first touchscreen of this material. She is 30 inches and can be folded and rolled to occupy minimal space. IBM, the computer giant, introduced its first chips this winter graphene, 10 times faster than silicon. The mobile battery manufacturers advertise that their product will improve thanks to this derivative of graphite, with which also made the world's smallest radio, designed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
The institute of nanotechnology in which they have developed the first screen Touch of graphene, Sungkyunkwan University of Seoul, has gotten the attention of large companies. The industry is worried. Displays that bend like paper and that soon may roll "to make a small pencil behind his ear we will." Samsung, the world leader in various branches of the electronics industry, has announced that in two years market a similar contraption.
So why is still makes technology obsolete?
EL PAIS 08/06/2010: "Coming soon on your screens: Graphene"
