At University of Texas, a research team and a German nanotechnology company have published a paper that describes a major milestone for the future of graphene-based computing — the reliable production of wafer-scale graphene measuring between 100 - 300 mm, suitable at last for integration with "traditional" materials in computing. The research team was able to manufacture 25,000 graphene field-effect transistors from lab-produced graphene film on a polycrystalline copper base. Team research leader Deji Akinwande says: "Our process is based on the scalable concept of growing graphene on copper-coated silicon substrates... Once we had developed a suitable method for growing high-quality graphene with negligible numbers of defects in small sample sizes, it was relatively straightforward for us to scale up." (Original, paywalled paper is at ACS Nano)
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 28 2014, @12:21PM
What good is this technology if I can't run Linux on it, because Linux has been destroyed thanks to the widespread use of systemd? Why have all of this processing power, only to have systemd render it useless?
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by q.kontinuum on Sunday September 28 2014, @12:46PM
Yes, terrible. And all those systemd zealots spamming the forums with OT posts. Let's leave soylentnews and create a better news-website! Please got ahead and make the first step! It will cost some time and prevent you from posting your personal gospel here to every article, but believe me, it's totally worth it! I will follow to your new website, for real, just let me know!!!111!eleven!!1
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(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 28 2014, @12:56PM
Can you please try to remain on-topic? We're discussing how systemd renders technological advances like this useless. Yes, that's right, we are discussing what the submission is about.
If you have something else to say that's unrelated to the discussion of how systemd and this new chip fabrication process release, please create another thread of discussion.
This thread of discussion is about systemd and how it relates to the submission's topic.
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by Horse With Stripes on Sunday September 28 2014, @01:24PM
News Update: Slackware will run on this new chip technology and Slackware does not use systemd!
We now return you to your regularly scheduled parade of comments regarding "we'll see this technology in 5 - 10 years! WooHoo!"
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 28 2014, @01:30PM
How long will Slackware be able to hold out while still remaining relevant as a Linux distribution?
With systemd being so widely adopted even at this point, we're going to see its tentacles embed themselves within more and more core Linux software.
What is Slackware going to do if, say, new versions of coreutils, binutils, and perhaps even GCC require systemd? Is Slackware just going to stick with old versions, slowly becoming more and more irrelevant and outdated as time goes on?
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by Horse With Stripes on Sunday September 28 2014, @01:45PM
Stop wasting your time asking me and go ask the nice folks at Slackware.
If you want to stop systemd so badly then you should do something more about it than whining on SN. If you want to save sysvinit then go forth and prove to the world your worth as its savior. In the mean time comment on Graphene or GTFO.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 28 2014, @01:49PM
We were talking about how systemd renders these new chip production techniques moot before you tried to derail the discussion with your crying and moaning.
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by Horse With Stripes on Sunday September 28 2014, @01:55PM
Systemd doesn't affect this magical graphene stuff. Stop playing "systemd?? I'm butt hurt!!" and take it to the other story.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 28 2014, @01:58PM
You know what?, I have a big FUCK YOU for all 'these' ACs spamming SN about systemd comments (it's probably just one guy anyways). I just happily spent all my 10 modpoints to solely mod them flamebait and I consider this one of the best investments of my modpoints so far!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 28 2014, @06:33PM
You're proud to have engaged in censorship? That's rather disgusting, and is in fact something that systemd advocates have been known to engage in, too.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 29 2014, @05:42PM
That has nothing to do with censorship. The comments are still there and visible. They just got the moderation they deserve.
(Score: 2) by SlimmPickens on Sunday September 28 2014, @04:51PM
How about that graphene?