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   by _username_ 12y ago

   Just a side not that light in other medium than air travels slower. It's not 300k km/h but ~200k km/h in FR4 microstrip (6"/ns where 1ns is equivalent to 1GHz clock).
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   by _username_ 12y ago

   Intel paid ASML ~$4.1 billion to deliver 10nm lithography. That was ~ 1.5yrs ago ( http://www.intc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=690165 ). ASML stock is a good indicator what's happening in this business. Intel has run
3. 3.▲
   by _username_ 12y ago

   It's more complex than that. TCAMs are very expensive (silicon area wise - they use 13 transistors per bit cell) and it's not possible to store entire routing tables in them. Also more IPv6 addresses are present which consume 4x m