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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. how small is a nanometer? by winkydink · · Score: 1, Redundant

    circuitry width of 55 nanometers, or billionths of a meter,

    55 of them to be exact.

    Brotught to you by the Department of Redundancy Department.

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