IBM develops computer technology at the atomic level

Research results that 'Big Blue' has just announced promise breakthroughs in storage capacity for computers. ' This success can even eliminate Moore's Law even though more testing is still needed ,' said Andreas Heinrich, director of IBM's San Jose, California (USA) research center.

The technology that IBM experts develop focuses on controlling the magnetic field at the base level, atoms. This method is based on a technology called 'spin-excitation spectroscopy', which uses a special microscope capable of producing magnetic fields with a gravitational force of 140 thousand times compared to the attraction of the earth. The researchers then put the atom into the microscope to evaluate the interaction between the atomic revolutions, or the source of the magnetic state itself. In the experiment, IBM scientists created atomic chains and evaluated altered magnetic characteristics as each atom was added. They found that strings containing even number of atoms have no stable magnetic states while those with odd atomic numbers show the opposite.

According to Heinrich, new techniques - similar to the binary models of current microprocessors - can be used to extend the limits of data storage or open new forms of storage, even can help create 'microscopic' machines, ie computer devices with atomic size.

The results of the aforementioned study also show the clear potential of quantum computing, a technology that is still in its infancy but promises to bring about strong breakthroughs in processing. Data, encryption and many tasks require large and complex processing power.

A few years ago, IBM also succeeded in using a set of molecules to create a computer circuit of 260 thousand times smaller than traditional silicon chip design, or in other words, equivalent. 50 years of scaling according to the pace of development that Moore's law refers to.