The semiconductor industry will be surprised to hear that a ‘nanotechnology expert’ is claiming that billion-dollar foundries will be replaced by table-top boxes, “marking the end of the silicon era and the potential death of many factory-floor jobs.” In a confused piece, Canada IT manages to predict the imminent death of industry and imply that the effects of nanomaterials on the environment are entirely unknown. We will leave readers to judge whether this is the result of sloppy journalism, or the experts field being science fiction rather than science.
Diamonds to Replace Silicon
By / 25 March 2004