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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Silicon lattice spacing is 0.54 nm. With 22 nm, that means that features are just 40 atoms wide. We are very close to physical limits now.


3 posted on 05/06/2013 2:27:04 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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The real story to me is the amount of engineering they have don on the power levels....

I don't think anyone can match that.

Still early ,...and the proof is how it all operates.

And they borrowed from AMD's bulldozer architecture...

4 posted on 05/06/2013 3:01:16 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: PapaBear3625

“We are very close to physical limits now.”

“Inventions reached their limit long ago and I see no hope for further development.” — Julius Sextus Frontinus, 1st Century Roman engineer

There are still quarks.


5 posted on 05/06/2013 3:22:38 PM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (REPEAL WASHINGTON! -- Islam Delenda Est! -- I Want Constantinople Back. -- Rumble thee forth.)
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To: PapaBear3625

“We are very close to physical limits now.”

“Inventions reached their limit long ago and I see no hope for further development.” — Julius Sextus Frontinus, 1st Century Roman engineer

There are still quarks.


6 posted on 05/06/2013 3:22:43 PM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (REPEAL WASHINGTON! -- Islam Delenda Est! -- I Want Constantinople Back. -- Rumble thee forth.)
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