Fudan team develops new kind of chips

Breakthrough likely to end reliance on traditional silicon-based ones

Researchers in Shanghai have developed the world's largest integrated two-dimensional semiconductor microprocessor, a breakthrough that could revolutionize the industry by replacing traditional silicon-based chips with molybdenum disulfide, or MoS2.

The micro CPU, called WUJI, integrates a record-breaking 5,900 transistors, far surpassing the previous world record of 115. The more transistors a chip contains, the greater its data processing capability, scientists said.

The research was led by Zhou Peng and Bao Wenzhong of Fudan University's State Key Laboratory of Integrated Chips and Systems, and the findings were published in the journal Nature on Thursday.