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Transistor Successor Set to Bring on "the Machine" Age Soon


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Person of Interest

CBS's crime drama Person of Interest features a character who has designed a "Machine" that can analyze surveillance and intelligence feeds to predict terrorist and other violent attacks.

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A replacement for the ordinary transistor may make it to market by the end of this decade, an event that will herald a radical redesign of traditional computer architectures.

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