>>13230763First of all, the reason for using hexaboron nitride is that graphene is too brittle (and they wanted to avoid accusations of plagiarism.)
The secret sauce is in how you manipulate these ultrathin materials without breaking them, and how you cut them to shape and size in the first place. The article also alludes to other applications besides preventing electromigration. Of course, Science Daily doesn't quite get to the main issue with electromigration, which is arcing leading to processor instability.
Then there's the case of lithium ion batteries, where you have that same issue with the arcing. Put voltage cells too close together or overcharge them and the battery catches fire. This strategy prevents that, and the projected gains to charge capacity are in line with the projections in the 8ch posting. Clearly the person who wrote this knew what they were talking about.
Once again, the secret sauce is the part where he says that "light pressure" is used to manipulate the nanoinsulators. That's a tongue-in-cheek was of saying laser levitation.
Clearly it worked, because on June 1st, they went to publication with this. Based upon the length of time between the posting and the publication, I'd say there's an excellent chance this was IP theft.
