Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 18:03:10 10/27/02
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On October 27, 2002 at 10:42:05, Bob Durrett wrote: >How Small Can a Microprocessor Get? > >Maybe the question should be: "How many microprocessors per square inch on a >wafer will be doable in the future? > >Part of the my problem is that I do not know how many electronic components >[resistive, transistor, etc.] are required to make a microprocessor. How many? > > >Bob D. Typical for today is 50M transistors. So the question becomes, "how small can a transistor be made?" No definitive answer to that one _yet_. Each time someone gives a bound, it is broken a couple of years later...
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