Re: IBM - New SUB-Nanometer STACKED Chip

On 6/30/26 14:51, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2026-06-30, c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On 6/30/26 09:51, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/30/2026 5:14 PM, c186282 wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Can you fabricate 0.000000...0000000001 nm chips?
>>>>>
>>>>> Is zero the seal or wall? :)
>>>>
>>>>      Um, pretty quick you get to ATOMS ... and, for any
>>>>      normal electronics, that's IT.
>>>
>>> You cannot have 0.000000....00 nm chip.
>>>
>>> That's a void, empty, nothing. :)
> 
> I tried to think through the implications of this
> but I got a divide error.
> 
>>     "Electronics" are now about literal atom-thick structures.
>>     Can't go any smaller.
>>
>>     Any better future stuff will have to exploit quantum
>>     effects - get more bang for yer nanometer. Alas quantum
>>     stuff isn't as deterministic as bulk matter devices
>>     and suffer from the uncertainty principle.
> 
> Omigod, we might have to revive the KISS principle
> in order to get anything more done.  The proponents
> of complexity as a weapon will be so disappointed...

   I do understand .......

   However more and more of our 'future' seems to - or we
   have been SOLD the idea that it seems to - rely on
   ever more complex 'systems', electronic and otherwise.

   This is why trillions are being poured into AI "data
   centers". Can't get there from here without Claude
   and Mr. Chat - and don't forget the gigantic
   authoritarian/Orwellian micro-managing neo-commie
   bureaucracy !

   Does like Namibia offer 'golden visas' ? I'm getting
   too old to move now, but it's still a very tempting
   idea ... WAY 'off grid'.

   Computers - frankly the Core2-Quad is probably good
   enough for almost anything especially real. I do have
   a bunch of computers - but it's cheap laptops and
   mini-boxes based on cheap  chips. More than good
   enough for anything I need.

   (shit, can't even get the mini-boxes for any sane
   price now - 'AI' has sucked up the entire global
   memory chip output. No, NOT the trade wars, it's
   the damned MEMORY CHIPS. Every device from yer
   Mr. Coffee on up need CPUs and *MEMORY CHIPS*)