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Title: Chips push through nano-barrier
Post by: Clive on January 27, 2007, 13:12

The next milestone in the relentless pursuit of smaller, higher performance microchips has been unveiled. 

FULL STORY (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6299147.stm)

Title: Re: Chips push through nano-barrier
Post by: GillE on January 27, 2007, 21:27

Wow!  What's the next barrier?

Gill

Title: Re: Chips push through nano-barrier
Post by: sam on January 27, 2007, 22:41

they will start having problems with physics soon, there is a limit to how small you can do these things..

Title: Re: Chips push through nano-barrier
Post by: Sandra on January 28, 2007, 00:50

Quote from: sam on January 27, 2007, 22:41

they will start having problems with physics soon, there is a limit to how small you can do these things..

You have to start thinking laterally and outside the normal box Sam.

How about if they use the 4th dimension (time) in some way to have part of it yesterday and part of it tomorrow so that todays part is very small  ;D

Title: Re: Chips push through nano-barrier
Post by: sam on January 28, 2007, 10:51

lol... dont get me started on m-theory, where we have multiple dimensions. I think the big step in computing will be quantum computers but I am not sure how this works, I always get very confused when thinking in detail. Of course have multiple processers will do the trick and will up processing speeds...  at work I have access to a machine that runs 40 in a parallel manner - nice and fast :-)

Title: Re: Chips push through nano-barrier
Post by: GillE on January 28, 2007, 14:34

I suspect my other half's sock drawer is a portal to another dimension.

Gill

Title: Re: Chips push through nano-barrier
Post by: Simon on January 28, 2007, 14:45

Yes, and all those missing odd socks must be in a parallel universe.  ;D