'22 Nm is done deal, IBM has process underwar. Yet, thats about it, Theres NO Significant Way to reduce Size WITHOUT Changing Newtons Laws.'

I guess you missed this earlier story; http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/13/nanometre-memory-tested - Toshiba have already built memory cells using a 15nm feature with.This is near the actual lower limit on transistor size (from leakage via quantum tunelling), which is why the 16nm node is the last one seriously defined in ITRS. It'll take some effort to get it into mass production but it'll come eventually. Below that limit we'll almost certainly need fairly radical technology changes. Note however that stacked dies is a technically viable technology for further increasing effective transistor density without requiring any lithography improvements; it's just waiting for commercial viability.

Good to see your name on the byline, you haven't completely abandoned the Inq for Hyderabad yet!

22 Nm is done deal, IBM has process underwar. Yet, thats about it, Theres NO Significant Way to reduce Size WITHOUT Changing Newtons Laws.

Its' Not that bad, Seven Foot Screen is BIG. Tranistors should end upward Desktop count at ~4-6 Billion, O.K. Some NUT might want 12 billion, Gasp, Cough. If thats Countable Number.

Only Way to improve things would be to Start ALL Over, From Timex Sinclair Arthemetric unit. Why Bother, when it works its works & I'm Assured that Ultie_Tom invented it.
Stewart Drashek

What was the question then?

"Where's the bar?"

What was the question and what was the answer.

C'mon mike, don't leave us hangin' :(

Please tell teh question from the journalist and the answer from Charlie!

Nice to see you writing here Mike!