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Scientists Pave Way For 25nm CPUs
arcticstoat writes in with word that scientists at the Space Nanotechnology Laboratory at MIT have found a new way of extending Moore's law into the future — they have succeeded in etching a grid of 25nm lines into a silicon wafer. The article notes that this technique could be used for writing the grid on which chips are laid down, but that the electronic elements would have to be written using more complex techniques. "[Researchers] created an interference pattern using light from a laser with a wavelength of 351 nm. The pattern consists of alternating light and dark zones repeating every 200 nm. This allowed them to etch 25-nm lines into a silicon wafer, each 175 nm apart. They then repeated the process three times, each time shifting the interference pattern by 50 nm and etching another 25-nm groove. The resulting grid has alternating 25-nm stripes and grooves..."
So no, it can't run Linux.
I've laid floating lines 1 nm apart with my boat in the past. 25 nm could be done if you wanted but that's getting pretty far apart. Who wants this grid, and why the heck would you use a laser to create light and dark zones every 200 nautical miles?
I think the only way to win is not to play.
Everyone keeps mentioning Moore's Law and all the problems that go with it. Why isn't there anyone to stand up to him so that we're finally free of his damn limiting laws?
Oh wait, that kind of law. My bad.
>What on earth is a nanastructure?
It's your Grandmother's house, of course.
That's only a problem if you don't heat the queso before you dip the chips in it.
so, in conclusion, return the grant money, all of it.