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The difference here is that we're much more likely to see moderately short term adoption of the technology as we already have 'downscale' companies using much o
by mjevans 10y ago
The difference here is that we're much more likely to see moderately short term adoption of the technology as we already have 'downscale' companies using much older, cheaper to buy second hand equipment.
If a wall is hit, the companies that /make/ the equipment will still need to sell units to someone, so the market equilibrium will push them closer and closer to the source cost for the (very often small batch/one off) parts. The race then between the rate they need/want to produce units to stay in business, and how long those in the market can defer purchasing new units.
- Animats 10y agoThe wall has been hit in some areas. CPU clock speeds maxed out around 3-4 GHz years ago. Getting rid of heat now dominates chip design. This is why 3D chips are limited to mostly-inactive structures such as flash memory. Feature density is already approaching the size of atoms, which is why ICs now fail over time from electromigration. There's no longer plenty of room at the bottom. Atoms are too big and the speed of light is too slow.
- smaddox 10y agoThe speed of light is not really an issue in VLSI chip design. RC delay, on the other hand...