Re: IBM - New SUB-Nanometer STACKED Chip

Charlie Gibbs <[email protected]>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.magic.secrets,alt.conspiracy
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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...

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