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The carbon-nanotube computer has arrived

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The most complex electronic device yet built from carbon nanotubes has been demonstrated. The system is a functional universal computer, and represents a significant advance in the field of emerging electronic materials. See Letter p.526

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  1. Franz Kreupl is in the Department of Hybrid Electronic Systems, Technische Universität München, 80333 München, Germany.,

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Kreupl, F. The carbon-nanotube computer has arrived. Nature 501, 495–496 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/501495a

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