These channels, which have a diameter of 50 microns (about the width of a human hair) are etched using standard silicon-fabrication methods.

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The Stanford design approach has two striking features in that it sacrifices virtually none of CNTs' energy efficiency and it is also compatible with existing fabrication methods and infrastructure, pushing the technology a significant step toward commercialization.

ENGADGET: Stanford engineers find work around for barriers to carbon nanotube computers