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So, nothing particularly interesting here? When I first saw 'flexible' I immediately thought about balancing a chip's specifications, not its material flexibili

• dragontamer 2y ago
  Flexible circuits are interesting and worthy of discussion. Really, the whole process here is fascinating to me. There's been a lot of progress in flex circuits over this recent decade. None of it is electrically or computationally new. It's 1980s tech from a computation perspective. But mechanically?? Being able to weave circuits seamlessly into clothes, tapestry, and such is pretty cool. If only for the cosplay / costume designers but that's still a pretty / beautifully kind of display (especially with a few fiber optics to move lights around). One of the interesting electro-mechanical issues is that flex circuits are necessarily thin, making grounding / return currents exceptionally consistent. On the downside however, solid planes / ground fills are bad for flexibility, so you apparently need to make a ground-grid instead of ground-fill. Very interesting tech overall. Even if it's applications are quite small right now.
• grayhatter 2y ago
  It's funny, I thought the exact opposite. > Flexible... isn't that the point of any central processing unit, to be able to handle many differing types of work? Oh, pliable? that's cool, I wonder how that works?