We're pretty certain we'll be hearing this
same story each year,
every year for the rest of eternity, but hey, not like we're kvetching over that or anything. Once again, we're hearing that mad scientists have developed a breakthrough that makes
Mr. Moore look remarkably bright, as a new approach to chip making could carve features in silicon chips "that are many times smaller than the wavelength of the light used to make them." Reportedly, the new method "produces grids of parallel lines just 25-nanometers wide using light with a wavelength of 351-nanometers," although the grids aren't functional circuits just yet. If you're interested in more technobabble on the matter, head on down to the read link, but we'd recommend against if you're easily frightened by terms like "photolithographic" and "nanotechnology."
posted Jul 11th 2008 11:52AM
are they gonna make nano chips now?
They're already 'nanotech'. Current microelectronic devices have features less than 100nm in size, which is the generally accepted definition of nanotechnology.
Beware of the Sons of the Patriot... SOP!
Don't you watch Star Trek: TNG? If you start building nano technology then they will become sentient beings, build a complex society and destroy us! Do you really want that? Well do you?
Same crap different name
That pic is irritating and headache-inducing. I didn't know you guys knew my ex wife.
This one is much worse.
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/7216/1182276335363ef3.gif
thanks for that linky Towncivilian its now my desktop wallpaper... lol... i likes it :)
Great image Scant, stare at for 30 second and then look around for a neat bloom effect. If you are photosensitive avoid it.
We are not mad scientists!
We are just pissed off that we couldn't get our new 3G iPhones activated today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can't we go one post without being reminded it's July 11th?
ffs enough already. The technological world does not stand still in the face of Apple.
"kvetching" is my new "hella"
it makes me want to gouge my eyes out.
Kvetching and hella don't mean the same thing. And I don't think anyone outside of NorCal uses the term hella.
It made its way up to Oregon a bit ago.
Oh, it's in Kansas. Fo Sho.
No they don't mean the same thing. But I hate them the same.
And anyone who watches SouthPark might use Hella.
did someone say nanotech???
i love ratchet & clank!!!
nice
great game too
I think it looks like something Wallace & Gromit cooked up in the basement.
Is this the UPC code on the back of the iphones? No wonder they can't get em activated.
I thought Intel already has 25nm on their roadmap.
This can only mean one thing: Faster, more powerful iPhones are on the horizon.
"Faster, more powerful iPhones (that we can't use because the totally unnecessary activation process is broken due to Apple's ineptitude) are on the horizon."
T,FIFY
That is a nice seersucker pattern. Change the black a light khaki and I'll take that in a 42 long.
And uh, what does this have to do with the IPhone? AHH, next gen iPhones could be faster. Got it.
Not only does your comment fail, but somebody already posted it a few posts before you. Way to fail at failing, and no, that does not mean you won.
This technology is going to be huge.
no, it's going to be small. Incredibly small actually ;)
i see what you did there. :)
There are many ways to make simple grid structures that small, not really that impressive. Making logic patterns or interconnects that small is the problem.
Yeah, it would appear they're using wave interference to achieve their results, I wonder how well that setup can be translated into actual microcircuits, as most structures on an IC do not consist of long, straight, parallel lines... ;)
yeah, because "nanotechnology" is such a big, bad, scary word . . .
no kidding... is "photolithographic" really the scariest word they could find in the article?
Photo. Lithograph. aren't most people familiar with those terms? but when you COMBINE 'em.... watch out! scary business.
Has anyone ever wondered if Moore's Law was created/theorized/hypothesized solely to keep the technology industry from being complacent? Even if not, it's done a good job at it anyway.
If any of you had morals, you would not support nanotechnology!
lolz
I see Ryan Block's name in there. The Fraternity is coming after him!
ya, your tech geek readers are REALLY frightened by the word "nanotechnology"... lol
As a representative of nvidia I'd like to say we need bigger chips, not smaller, what's this hangup with small other companies have? It's ludicrous.
(Oh nm, realised I'm not from nvidia, I was just channelling)
Ludicrous? From the photo, it looks halfway to plaid!
Prepare ship, for ludicrous speed!
Ludicrous speed, GO!
I was going to look for the apple-less-engadget link, but after seeing some of the comments on recent articles completely unrelated to apples... fuck it.
I'm getting a nice moire on my monitor from that pic :)
How does this relate to the iPhone?
LOL, just jokin'...
does moore's law take in to account population or interest?
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