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Intel Experimenting With Nanotubes
illeism writes "C|Net is reporting on Intel's experimentation with nanotubes in processors. From the article: 'The chip giant has managed to create prototype interconnects — microscopic metallic wires inside of chips that link transistors ... Carbon nanotubes ... conduct electricity far better than metals. In fact, nanotubes exhibit what's called ballistic conductivity, which means that electrons are not scattered or impeded by obstacles.'"
If you get something running topped-out it may produce some waste heat. Thin chips with only a few layers can rely on a large, flat piece of some kind of substrate attached to a big heat sink and fan. If you make a cube-shaped processor, the innermost parts' heat will have to be dissipated through many other layers of working parts, creating a temperature gradient within the processor. If the innermost parts must be kept below a certain temperature, the outermost must be kept well below that temperature to allow for thermal conduction and the whole thing will have to run very cool relative to today's chips.
I'll be your candy shop of infinite deliciousity if you'll be my discotheque of endless rump-shaking.
number of cores per die ramping up at incredible rates,
Yeah, we're already up to ... uh ... four...
We're all born with nothing.
If you die in debt, you're ahead.
Not to mention that because they float they weigh no more than a duck and ducks float because they're made of wood. So in conclusion Humans are made of wood not metal.