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msolnik writes: "Whether you say "0.13-micron" as most of us do, or "130-nanometer" as PR flacks prefer, the phrase is weighing heavily on both Intel's and AMD's minds. Indeed, each company's timeline in reaching that mark may determine who calls the CPU shots in 2002. Read more here at Hardware Central." Other submitters noted that AMD and Motorola have both updated their development roadmaps.
Next year looks like the best time ever to buy a new performance PC.
Well, duh. Just exactly like every year since they were invented.. And just like every computer magazine pundit has said since day one
The Gardener
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A mil is approximately 592 meters.
You get that dividing a "mile" (1609 m) by "e" (2.7183).
Perhaps those who submit comments should come up with their own blurbs, rather than plagiarizing the first paragraph of whatever they're replying to.
No friggen way I'll ever own a 13 nanoM chip. I'm just too supersticious. I've got enough to worry about with my data, and (jpg)'s to trust them to an unlucky number. It's worse than a hat on the bed!
They should switch to Angstroms.
Oh wait a minute, my calculator tells me that 0.13 Microns equals 666 Angstroms. Holy Ess, The end is Nigh.