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Nanotechnology Gets Finer

Posted by Zonk on from the really-fine-grain dept.

An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet reports on a new level of detail found in nanotech construction." From the article: "Japan's NEC Electronics has developed a technology to make advanced microchips with circuitry width of 55 nanometers, or billionths of a meter, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun business daily reported Sunday. Finer circuitry decreases the size of a chip and cuts per-unit production costs. It also helps chips process data faster."

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  1. This sort of things always worries me by Lead+Butthead · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This sort of things always worries me because it reminds me of an particular episode of X Files where Walter Skinner nearly died after being infected by nano machines. Imagine being able to craft it to target specific person and no other. People can be killed or made to suffer without ever knowing who the perpetrator was.

    Shouldn't we stop for a second and consider the negative impact this sort of things could have on our world?

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