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WheelyFreely t1_iv75mol wrote

Reply to comment by now-here-be in TSMC approaching 1 nm with 2D materials breakthrough by maxtility

A chip that was 3mm in size is now 1mm. Not only does it shrink in size allowing more.chips to be installed it also lessens the material required to build one and energy to operate them.

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Chop1n t1_iv82gip wrote

Have you been thinking all this time that processor architecture is described in terms of millimeters?

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toastjam t1_iv84zwu wrote

They're talking about chips, not transistors. The scale change would be roughly proportional.

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WheelyFreely t1_iv8tky1 wrote

The comment i replied to asked that we explain like he was 5. So an oversimplification, but done for the sake of the analogy.

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