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Nantero, HP explore inkjet printing of nanotube memory

Jul 11, 2007 Innovation, News

HP is looking at new domains to venture in the computer industry. It has recently tied up with Nantero, a company that develops nonvolatile memory based on carbon nanotubes (CNTs), in a bid to produce flexible electronic devices. The partnership will integrate two technologies which when combined could produce printable memory like RFID tags.

Nanotube memory is like any other memory that we use on a daily basis. Some examples would be random access memory(RAM), flash memory etc. NT memory is expected to be denser than the currently popular flash memory which results in miniaturization of memory modules. Maybe we will see iPod nano as big as a wrist watch if the NT memory technology takes off.

Nantero said - HP’s TIPS R&D tool provides heads with multiple nozzles, large drop size range, and programmable volume. The collaboration is part of an HP initiative to extend HP inkjet printing technology into applications where accurate placement of small drops and deposition of precise volumes of fluid is required.

via EE Times