Researchers at the University of Manchester are a step closer to creating chips based on the ultra-thin "miracle material" known as graphene.
The chip has been dubbed the "Big Mac" because if its layers of graphene intermingled with boron nitride.
'Several months'
"It could be only a matter of several months before we have encapsulated graphene transistors with characteristics better than previously demonstrated," said Geim.
Discovered at the University of Manchester in 2004, the atom-thick two-dimensional material has earned its miraculous title thanks to its remarkable strength, conductivity and thinness.
It could find its way into consumer electronics in the form of super-fast processors, as well as bendy phones and computers, wallpaper-thin HDTV sets and lightning-fast internet connections.
The UK government has also announced the Graphene Global Research and Technology Hub, which will plough £50 million into researching the new material.
via ZDnet