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No mention of Intel anywhere in the article and how far along they are. Also 7nm blows my mind. I mean current CPUs already blow my mind with how tiny the trans
by jtchang 11y ago
No mention of Intel anywhere in the article and how far along they are. Also 7nm blows my mind. I mean current CPUs already blow my mind with how tiny the transistors are getting.
And specially stabilized buildings? "NOBODY MOVE! WE'RE ETCHING!"
- JoachimS 11y agoActually Intel was mentioned and its struggle with the 14 mm node.
- Frenchgeek 11y agoGiven the way we're going, I wonder how soon it will be cheaper and easier to build a cpu plant in orbit...
- JoachimS 11y agoOne covered in lead to protect the lito from high energy particles. This might be the time when pushing an asteroid into one of the Lagrange points and hollowed out would be useful. Go SF dreams, go! (Where is Musk when we need him?)
- Gravityloss 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Shield_Facility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Shield_Facility
- moconnor 11y agoI had a tour of AMD's Dresden fab several years ago, it was literally a building inside a building, with the inner building mounted on shock absorbers to isolate it from vibrations. IIRC the manufacturing chain was entirely automated - silicon in, chips out. That was several generations ago, I'm looking forward to seeing what is required to manufacture with high yield at 7nm!
- ximeng 11y agoIs it possible for general members of the public to arrange tours of microprocessor fabs anywhere?
- StavrosK 11y agoWith all the clean rooms required, I doubt it, but I don't know.
- monk_e_boy 11y agoWe have an ultra-clean room. It has a window.
- tinco 11y agoMy university has clean rooms, they have windows, the hallways have windows too so you can peek in from outside. Always great to show to visitors :) (at night they have weirdly colored lighting, pink, purple, so it looks really funky, no idea why)
- NathanthePie 11y agoIt's possible that when nobody is working in the room, the lights aid in maintaining a sterile environment. At specific wavelengths (~245-265 nm), (UV) light inactivates quite a few living things. As light is quantized, the purpleish color you see is due to e- stepping down.
- valarauca1 11y agoThe M68k was produced on a 3500nm process, which at 7nm you can fit 2 whole M68k dyes within an original M68k's transistor.
- Keyframe 11y agoThat would mean that with 7nm process once could fit ~136000 (68000*2) M68ks in its original dye. Mind-boggling.
- intrasight 11y agoMind duly boggled.